Andrea Bogdani also known as Ndre Bogdani was an Albanian

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 scholar and prelate

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

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Andrea Bogdani was born in the beginning of the 17th century near Prizren

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, Kosovo

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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 apostolic administrator

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 of Ohrid

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. His nephew Pjetër Bogdani

Pjetër Bogdani

Pjetër Bogdani , known in Italian as Pietro Bogdano, is the most original writer of early literature in Albania. He is author of the Cuneus Prophetarum , 1685, the first prose work of substance written originally in Albanian Pjetër Bogdani (ca. 1630 - 1689), known in Italian as Pietro Bogdano, is...

, one of the best-known writers of early Albanian literature

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succeeded him as Archbishop of Skopje in 1677. Andrea Bogdani has become known for writing the first Latin-Albanian grammar book.

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