Nikollë Bardhi (1551–1617) was an Albanian

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of the

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. He played a key role in the Albanian struggle against the

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. Nikollë Bardhi was born in region of Zadrima,

Lezhë Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality. One of the main strongholds of the Labeatai, the earliest of the fortification walls of Lezhë are of typical Illyrian cons ...

, modern northern

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in 1551. His family included several notable figures of Albanian history like

Frang Bardhi Frang Bardhi (Latin: ''Franciscus Blancus'', it, Francesco Bianchi, 1606–1643) was an Albanian Catholic bishop and writer. Bardhi is best known as an author of the early eras of Albanian literature. He served as Bishop of Sapë (1635–1644 ...

, writer of the early eras of

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and the Archbishop of Antivari,

Gjergj Bardhi Gjergj Bardhi or Giorgio Bianchi, shortly called Grili, (1575 – 16 October 1646) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Gjergj Bardhi was born in region of Zadrima, modern northern Albania in 1575. His family included severa ...

who was Nikollë Bardhi's nephew. After becoming a

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in Rodon he was appointed

of the

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of Mat, when

Nikollë Mekajshi Nikollë Mekajshi ( it, Nicolò Mechaischi, la, Mecansius) was a Franciscan Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Stephanium, a region in central Albania. He took part in the Convention of Mat in 1594, and was a member of the delegation t ...

was the bishop of the diocese. In 1597 he became

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and later bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë The Diocese of Sapë ( la, Dioecesis Sappensis, sq, Dioqeza e Sapës) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Albania. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolit ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bardhi, Nikolle Nikolle 1551 births 1617 deaths 16th-century Albanian Roman Catholic bishops People from Lezhë 17th-century Albanian Roman Catholic bishops

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