Giuseppe Schirò (1690-1769) was an

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writer of the 18th century, and Catholic priest of the

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. In 1736, he was appointed Byzantine Catholic Archbishop of Durazzo.

Biography

Giuseppe Schirò was born in 1690 in Piana degli Albanesi, an

village of Sicily and there he became a priest of the

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. He is thought to have taken his first lessons from Giorgio Guzzetta. He became a writer in Greek and in Arbëresh, and later (1736) became Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archdiocese of Durazzo,The Basilian Monks of Grottaferrata/Piana degli Albanesi in Albania
/ref> and vicar apostolic in mission of Himara. Schirò died in 1769 and will be remembered for his important contributions to early

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