Giuseppe Valentini (albanologist)
Giuseppe Valentini (Albanian: Zef Valentini; July 1900 – 16 November 1979) was an Italian priest and albanologist of the 20th century.
He was born in 1900 in Padova where he studied theology as a Jesuit priest. In 1922 he moved to Albania as a missionary and actively participated in magazines such as Lajmetari i Zemres s'Jezu Krishtit, and Leka, which he directed since 1932. During World War II he became a professor of the Albanian language in the University of Palermo.[1]
Valentini is the author of several important works on Albanian history, law, numismatics, and sacred art.[1]
In 1940 Valentini was one of the founders and general secretary of the Royal Institute of the Albanian Studies, the predecessor institute of the Academy of Sciences of Albania.[2]
Sources
[edit]- ^ a b Robert Elsie (2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 464. ISBN 978-0-8108-6188-6.
- ^ Agency for Research, Technology and Innovation of Albania (2013). "Instituti i Studimeve Shqiptare". for Research, Technology and Innovation of Albania. Archived from the original on 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
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- Italian albanologists
- Italian lexicographers
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- 20th-century Italian historians
- 20th-century Italian Jesuits
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- Clergy from Padua
- 20th-century Italian male writers
- Italian male non-fiction writers
- Italian–Albanian translators
- Albanian–Italian translators
- 20th-century linguists
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- Academic staff of the University of Palermo
- 20th-century lexicographers