Pjetër Budi

Pjetër Budi
Sketch of Pjetër Budi from his book "Paschyra e të rrëfyemit"
Born	1566 Gur i Bardhë, Mat, Ottoman Empire
Died	December 1622
Nationality	Albanian
Religion	Roman Catholic

Pjetër Budi (1566 – December 1622), writer of early Albanian literature, known in Italian as Pietro Budi, was an Albanian bishop of Sapë and the author of four religious works in Albanian.

Life

Budi was born in Gur i Bardhë in the Mat region, and is a noted and respected figure in Albanian cultural history. In addition to his political and religious activities, he published four books in Albanian, a rarity at the time, and was the first Albanian writer to publish a substantial amount of poetry in Albanian, some 3,300 lines of it.^[1]

He trained for the priesthood at the so-called Illyrian College of Loretto, south of Ancona in Italy, where many Albanians and Dalmatians of renown were to study. at the age of 21, he was ordained as a Catholic priest and was sent immediately to Macedonia and Kosovo, then part of the eccesiastical province of Serbia under the jurisdiction of the archbishop of Antivar, where he served various parishes for an initial 12 years. in 1610, he was referred to as chaplan of Christianity in Skopje and. in 1647, as chaplan of Prokupolje. In Kosovo, Budi came in to contact with Franciscan Catholics from Bosnia. These connections proved fruitful in later years for his political endeavors to mount support for Albanian resistance to the Ottoman Empire. In 1599, Budi was appointed vicar-general (vicario generale) of Serbia, a post held for 17 years. As a representative of the Catholic Church in the Turkish-occupied Balkans, he lived and worked in what was no doubt a tense of political atmosphere. His ecclesiastical position was in many way only a cover for his political aspirations. In 1616, he traveled to Rome, where he resided until 1618 to oversee the poblications of his works. On 20 July 1621, he was made bishop of Sapa and Sarda (i.e of the Zadrima region of northern Albania), and returned to Albania the following year.^[2]

In December 1622, some time before Christmas he drowned while crossing the Drin River.^[3]

Among Budi's other publications are:

the Rituale Romanum or Rituali Roman (Roman Ritual), a 319-page collection of Latin prayers and sacraments with comments in Albanian
a short work entitled Cusc zzote mesce keto cafsce i duhete me scerbyem (Whoever says Mass must serve this thing), a 16-page explanation of mass, and
the Speculum Confessionis or Pasëqyra e t'rrëfyemit (The Mirror of Confession), a 401-page translation or, better, adaptation of the Specchio di Confessione of Emerio de Bonis, described by Budi as "some spiritual discourse most useful for those who understand no other language than their Albanian mother tongue."

Pjeter Budi Street in Tirana has been named in his honour.

References

Albanian literature

Related articles	Albanian language List of Albanian writers Albanian folklore History of Albania Albanian National Awakening Albanology

Early authors	Zenel Bastari Constantine of Berat Pjetër Bogdani Pjetër Budi Gjon Buzuku Julije Balović Nicola Chetta Nikollë Filja Nezim Frakulla Dalip Frashëri Shahin Frashëri Tahir Efendi Jakova Hasan Zyko Kamberi Haxhi Ymer Kashari Muhamet Kyçyku Luca Matranga Etëhem Bey Mollaj Sulejman Naibi Giuseppe Schirò (archbishop) Tahir Skënderasi Giulio Variboba Muçi Zade

Classical authors	Josif Bageri Andon Zako Çajupi Gabriele Dara Spiro Dine Aleksandër Stavre Drenova Gjergj Fishta Naim Frashëri Sami Frashëri Mihal Grameno Luigj Gurakuqi Milto Sotir Gurra Faik Konica Loni Logori Ndre Mjeda Kristo Negovani Ndoc Nikaj Foqion Postoli Girolamo de Rada Francesco Antonio Santori Giuseppe Schirò Giuseppe Serembe Filip Shiroka Risto Siliqi Pashko Vasa Jani Vreto Pjetër Zarishi

Modern	Dritëro Agolli Linditë Ahmeti Mimoza Ahmeti Ylljet Aliçka Fatos Arapi Lindita Arapi Eqrem Basha Sali Bashota Domenico Bellizzi Ben Blushi Kiço Blushi Maria Antonia Braile Flora Brovina Dionis Bubani Gaqo Bushaka Martin Camaj Aleks Çaçi Selfixhe Ciu Spiro Çomora Teki Dervishi Diana Çuli Ibrahim Dalliu Elvira Dones Ledia Dushi Kristo Floqi Mirko Gashi Fatmir Gjata Ndoc Gjetja Sabri Godo Anton Gojçaj Odhise Grillo Fahredin Gunga Faslli Haliti Sabri Hamiti Ervin Hatibi Ismail Kadare Helena Kadare Karmel Kandreva Teodor Keko Skifter Këlliçi Jolanda Kodra Musine Kokalari Ernest Koliqi Anastas Kondo Fatos Kongoli Vath Koreshi Rifat Kukaj Teodor Laço Natasha Lako Arian Leka Luljeta Lleshanaku Bardhyl Londo Sejfulla Malëshova Gjekë Marinaj Jamarbër Marko Petro Marko Rudolf Marku Din Mehmeti Kim Mehmeti Esad Mekuli Branko Merxhani Betim Muço Besnik Mustafaj Faruk Myrtaj Jeton Neziraj Millosh Gjergj Nikolla Fan S. Noli Fadil Paçrami Ludmilla Pajo Dhimitër Pasko Anton Pashku Arshi Pipa Ali Podrimja Lasgush Poradeci Giuseppe Schirò Di Maggio Azem Shkreli Dhimitër Shuteriqi Drago Siliqi Llazar Siliqi Nokë Sinishtaj Xhevahir Spahiu Sterjo Spasse Luan Starova Haki Stërmilli Parid Teferiçi Kasëm Trebeshina Hajro Ulqinaku Ardian Vehbiu Ornela Vorpsi Bilal Xhaferri Dhimitër Xhuvani Jakov Xoxa Petraq Zoto

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 27474760 LCCN: no93019528 ISNI: 0000 0001 2125 4921 GND: 1021198366 SUDOC: 123012791

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Pjetër Budi

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