Pjetër Mazreku
Peter Masarechi (Latin: Petrus Massarecchius, Italian: Pietro Massarecchi/Masarechi, Albanian: Pjetër Mazreku; 1584–fl. 1642) was a Roman Catholic prelate, serving as Archbishop of Bar, and also being a papal representative as apostolic visitor, and an apostolic administrator. He was an Albanian born in Prizren (now in Kosovo). He wrote documents on the state of Christians in the Ottoman Empire, and authored an Albanian etymological dictionary.
Masarechi was an Albanian born in Prizren (now in Kosovo).[1] While a chaplain of the Ragusan colony in Sofia (now in Bulgaria), the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith decided to send him through the Balkans and collect information on the state of Catholics. As an apostolic visitor he visited and wrote about "Bulgaria, Serbia, Syrmia, Slavonia and Bosnia" in 1623–24.[2]
He served as the Archbishop of Bar between 1624 and 1634, and became the apostolic visitor of "Hungary, Serbia and Slavonia" in 1631.[1] In 1642 he was appointed the Bishop of Prizren.[3]
Masarachi authored an etymological dictionary of the Albanian language.[4]
Annotations
His name was spellt in Latin and Italian as Mazzaretus, Massarechio, Maserecho, Masarecho, Masserecco, Massarecius, etc.[5] In modern Albanian, his name is spellt Pjetër Mazreku.
References
- ^ a b Ehrenpreis & Schilling 2007, p. 224.
- ^ — (1938). "—". Bulletin international de l'Académie yougoslave des sciences et des beaux-arts: Classes: d'histoire et de philologie, de philosophie et de droit, des beaux-arts et belles-lettres. 10–12. JAZU: 99–101.
{{cite journal}}:|author=has numeric name (help) - ^ Radoslav Katičić (1996). Ein Ausblick auf die slawischsprachige Völkerwelt im Südosten. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 978-3-7001-2595-2.
- ^ Eqrem Çabej (1977). Studime gjuhësore: Gjon Buzuku dhe gjuha e tij. Rilindja. p. 22.
- ^ Archivum franciscanum historicum periodica publicatio trimestris. Collegio s. Bonaventura. 1925.
Sources
- Ehrenpreis, Stefan; Schilling, Heinz (2007). Wege der Neuzeit: Festschrift für Heinz Schilling zum 65. Geburtstag. Duncker & Humblot. ISBN 978-3-428-12394-0. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
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