Andrea Bogdani ( sq, Ndre Bogdani; ca. 1600–1683) was an Ottoman scholar of Albanian origin and

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of the

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. Andrea Bogdani was born in the beginning of the 17th century Gur i Hasit near Prizren,

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(modern-day Kosovo). Bogdani was educated by Jesuits at the Illyrian College in Loreto. After he completed his education in Loreto he became a parish in

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. From 1656 to 1677, when he resigned he served as

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, while from 1675 to 1677 he also served as

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. On 8 November 1677 Bogdani resigned because of illness. His nephew

Pjetër Bogdani Pjetër Bogdani (1627 – 6 December 1689), known in Italian as ''Pietro Bogdano'', was the most original writer of early literature in Albania. He was author of the Cuneus Prophetarum (''The Band of the Prophets''), 1685, the first prose work ...

, one of the best-known writers of early

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succeeded him as Archbishop of Skopje in 1677. Andrea Bogdani has become known for writing the first Latin-Albanian grammar book. Serbian historian Samardžić criticized Bogdani's works as forgery and revisionism of the Serbian medieval history. Bogdani distinguished himself as great enemy of

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. He considered Orthodox Christians as enemies of Catholics.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bogdani, Andrea Albanians from the Ottoman Empire 17th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire 17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Ottoman Empire 17th-century Albanian people Members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Anti-Serbian sentiment 1683 deaths Year of birth uncertain Bishops of Skopje

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