Shtjefën
Shtjefën is an Albanian masculine given name, a form of Stephen, which means "crown" or "wreath". Notable people with the given name include: *Shtjefën Gjeçovi (1874–1929), Albanian Catholic priest, ethnologist and folklorist *Shtjefën Kurti (1898–1971), Albanian Roman Catholic priest See also

*Shtjefën Gjeçovi Chapel, a cultural heritage monument in Prizren, Kosovo {{given name Masculine given names Albanian masculine given names ...
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Shtjefën Gjeçovi
Shtjefën Konstantin Gjeçov-Kryeziu or Stjepan Gečević (12 July 1874 – 14 October 1929) was an Albanian Catholic priest, nationalist, ethnologist, and folklorist from Kosovo. He is regarded as the father of Albanian folklore studies. Life Gjeçovi was born on 12 July 1874 (some sources mention 3 October 1873) in Janjevo, Prizren Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Kosovo). He was educated by the Franciscans in Bosnia (under control of Austria-Hungary) and moved to Ottoman Albania in 1896, having become a priest, and spent the years between 1905 and 1920 among the Albanian tribes, Albanian highland tribes, collecting oral literature, tribal law, archaeology and folklore. Gjeçovi was also an important collector of the ''Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors''. An Albanian patriot and a diligent researcher on everything related to the Albanian past, he was loathed by the Serbian population and the local authorities. He was shot on 14 October 1929, in the village of Zym near Gjakova, ...
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