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

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Life

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

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). Bogdani was educated by Jesuits at the Illyrian College in Loreto. After completing his education in Loreto, he became a parish in

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. From 1656 to 1677, when he resigned he served as Archbishop of Skopje, while from 1675 to 1677 he also served as

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of Achrida. On 8 November 1677 Bogdano resigned because of illness. His nephew Petro Bogdano, one of the best-known writers of early

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succeeded him as Archbishop of Skopje in 1677. Andrea Bogdano has become known for writing the first Latin-Albanian grammar book, now lost. 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 Serbs as enemies of Catholics and wrote that the Orthodox Serbs in Kosovo, while also being protected by the Ottomans, were trying to extract money from the Catholics.

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

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