Luca Matranga | |
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Native name | Lekë Matrënga |
Church | Sant'Atanasio, Piana degli Albanesi Cathedral |
Diocese | Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1591 |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 6 May 1619 | (aged 49)
Denomination | Italo-Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church |
Occupation | Priest, Translator, Author, Poet |
Education | The College of St. Athanasius |
Luca Matranga (Albanian: Lekë Matrënga; 18 May 1569[1] – 6 May 1619) was an Arbëresh writer and Catholic priest of Byzantine rite in the Albanian community of Sicily.[2][3] He is regarded as one of the most important authors of Old Albanian literature, as his work contains the oldest written text of Albanian in the diaspora.