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Costantino Castriota

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Costantino Castriota
Konstandin Kastriota
Bishop of Isernia
Coat of arms of the Kastrioti family
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Isernia
In office1497–1500
PredecessorFrancesco de Adamo de Lucharo
SuccessorGiovanni Olivieri
Personal details
Born1477
Died1500
The tomb of the Albanian noble Costantino Castriota, built in 1500. Two Albanian eagles can be noticed in the left and right pillars

Costantino Castriota Scanderbeg (1477–1500) (Albanian: Konstandin Kastriota) was an Albanian nobleman from the House of Kastrioti and prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Isernia (1497–1500).[1]

Biography

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Costantino Castriota was born in 1477[2] to the House of Kastrioti, the son of Gjon Kastrioti II, son of Skanderbeg, and Jerina Branković, the daughter of Serbian Despot Lazar Branković.[3] On 2 Oct 1497, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI as Bishop of Isernia.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Isernia until his death in 1500.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 169. (in Latin)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Cheney, David M. "Bishop Constantino Castriola de Scanderrechis". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 25, 2019. [self-published]
  3. ^ Raquel Pinilla Gómez, Javier Becerra García, José Ramón Sarmiento Guede (2023). El júbilo de la palabra. Editorial Dykinson, S.L. p. 50. ISBN 978-8-4117-0854-8. ...Cuando Donika, la esposa del héroe nacional albanés, pasa a España en 1501 (o 1502), invitada y protegida por Federico I de Aragón, la situación de sus nietos era: (a) Gjergi, desheredado y repudiado por aliarse con la República de Venecia contra los intereses de la Corona de Aragón en Nápoles, nació en 1477 y murió en 1540. (b) Constantin, nació en 1478, murió en 1499, era religioso, está enterrado en San Pedro de Nápoles.(c) Federico, murió en 1500. (d) Ferrante, nació en 1482, era duque de San Pietro de Galatina y conde de Sarrento, murió en 1561. (e) María, murió en 1569. (f) Alfonso [?]', nació en 1488 y murió en 1503...{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Isernia
1497–1500
Succeeded by