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The Arbëreshë (pronounced [aɾbəˈɾɛʃ]; Albanian: Arbëreshët e Italisë; Italian: Albanesi d'Italia), also known as Albanians of Italy or Italo-Albanians, are an Albanian ethnolinguistic group minority historically settled in Southern and Insular Italy (in the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, Molise, mostly concentrated in the region of Calabria and Sicily).
Donato Oliverio – Bishop of the Eparchy of Lungro, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Calabria, Italy [28] Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro – Bishop of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Sicily, Italy; Nikollë Filja – Arbëreshë Byzantine rite priest, and writer of the 18th ...
Girolamo de Rada (1814–1903) – Albanian writer of Italo-Albanian literature; [4] of Arbëreshë descent; foremost figure of the Albanian National Awakening in 19th-century Italy; Giuseppe Schirò (1865–1927) – Arbëreshë neo-classical poet, linguist, publicist and folklorist; Shefqet Pllana (1918–1994) Dhimitër Shuteriqi (1915–2003)
Sotir Ferrara – Bishop of the Italo-Albanian Church of Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi; Donato Oliverio – Bishop of the Eparchy of Lungro, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Calabria, Italy; Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro – Bishop of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Sicily ...
Albania had held strategic importance for Italy since the Renaissance, when the Republic of Venice controlled some areas of the Albanian coast (called Albania Veneta).In addition, southern Italy contained Albanian-speaking communities (Arbëreshë people), who had taken refuge there from the Ottoman invasion of Albania during the Skanderbeg era, and who were favorable to a possible union of ...
The Albanian population of Italy, only the Albanians with Albanian nationality, has noted a steady increase in the recent years especially during the fall of communism in the 1990s and the beginnings of the 21st century. [13] [14] [4] It has doubled between 2003 and 2009 from 216,582 to 441,396 constituting a total increase of 103,8%. [15]
The Arbëresh Seminary of Palermo, also known as the Italo-Albanian Seminary (Albanian: Seminari Arbëresh I Palermës; Italian: Seminario Italo-Albanese di Palermo), was an important educational and cultural center for the Arbëreshë Albanian community in Sicily. The Seminary is situated in the historic center of Palermo, facing the ...
The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church is therefore characterized by a specific ethnic group: the Albanians of Italy, Arbëreshë or Italo-Albanesi. The Albanian ethno-linguistic group of Italy has managed to maintain its identity, having in the clergy the strongest guardian and the fulcrum of ethnic identification.