Tosol Bardhi (1490–1582) was an

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prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in the area of Lezhë, modern northern Albania in 1490. His family was among the most important Albanian families of that time, and supported education throughout Albania. Other members of the family included several notable figures of Albanian history like Frang Bardhi, writer of the early eras of

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and Gjergj Bardhi,

Archbishop of Antivari The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar ( cnr, Барска надбискупија, Barska nadbiskupija; sq, Kryepeshkopata Katolike Romake e Tivarit; la, Archidioecesis Antibarensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Montenegro.

. Tosol Bardhi became bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë in Albania at the age of eighty. He died twelve years later in 1582.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bardhi, Tosol Tosol 1492 births 1582 deaths 16th-century Albanian Roman Catholic bishops People from Lezhë

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