Editing Lists of Albanians (section)

== Religious ==
[[File:FAN_NOLI.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Fan Noli]], champion of literature, history, theology, diplomacy, journalism, music, and national unity.]]
[[File:Papa Kristo Negovani.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Kristo Negovani]], religious leader and writer for the Albanian cause.]]
[[File:MotherTeresa 090.jpg|thumb|150px|Holy [[Mother Teresa]].]]
[[File:Ernest Simoni.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Ernest Simoni]], cardinal and presbyter.]]
[[File:Clement XI.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Pope Clement XI]]]]

=== Priests ===
* [[Demetrio Franco|Dhimitër Frëngu]] (1443 – 1525), friar and scholar of a noble family, treasurer and councilor of Giorgio Castriota, in 1480 wrote the first biography, in Latin, on the life of Skanderbeg, from which all later writers drew.
* Father [[Marin Barleti]] (1450 – 1513), Catholic ecclesiastic and writer, author of the life of Skanderbeg.
* [[Gjon Buzuku]] (1499 – 1577), [[bishop]] Catholic, author of the oldest known document in Albanian: a translation of the Roman Missal, "[[Meshari]]" ([[1555]]).
* [[Pjetër Budi]] (1565 – 1622), Catholic priest and writer, published three books in Albanian and I leave several poems in his native language.
* Papa [[Luca Matranga]] (1567 – 1619), priest and scholar, author of the first literary expression ''arbëresh'' of the Albanians in diaspora.
* [[Frang Bardhi]] (1606 – 1644), Catholic bishop, lexicographer, folklorist and ethnographer, author of the first dictionary of the Albanian language known so far.
* [[Pjetër Bogdani]] (1630 – 1689), Catholic bishop and writer, author of the first Albanian work in prose.
* Papa [[Nikollë Filja]] (1691 – 1769), priest and writer.
* Nicoleta Kenini (2005-), writer and priest
* Mons. [[Giuseppe Crispi]] (1781 – 1859), one of the major figures of the Arbëresh community of Sicily of that era, wrote a number of works on the Albanian language.
* Papa [[Francesco Antonio Santori]] (1819 – 1894), writer, poet and playwright.
* [[Nikoll Kaçorri]] (1862 – 1917), Catholic religious, politician and patriot, deputy prime minister with Ismail Kemal, in the first Albanian government (1912–1913).
* [[Gjergj Fishta]] (1871 – 1940), Franciscan friar, poet, politician and translator.
* Mons. [[Theofan Stilian Noli]] (1882 – 1965), bishop and intellectual, writer, scholar, diplomat, politician, historian, orator, founder of the Orthodox Church of Albania.
* Papa [[Marco La Piana]] (1883 – 1958), priest and scholar, gave his contribute through his studies on Albanian language.
* [[Anton Harapi]] (1888 – 1946), Franciscan friar, teacher, writer and politician.
* [[Giuseppe Valentini (albanologist)|Zef Valentini]] (1900 – 1979), Italian Jesuit, albanologist, byzantinist and historian, naturalized Albanian.
* [[Cyril of Bulgaria]] (1901 – 1971), the first Patriarch of the Bulgarian Patriarchate, born of an Albanian family.
* Father [[Zef Pllumi]] (1924 – 2007), Franciscan priest and writer, author of the memoirs of Christian religious persecution in Albania.
* Mons. [[Ercole Lupinacci]] (1933 – 2016), Bishop of Italo-Albanian Catholic Eparchies of Piana degli Albanesi and Lungro.
* Mons. [[Sotir Ferrara]] (1937 – 2017), the Bishop of the [[Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi]], a diocese of the [[Italo-Albanian Catholic Church]] in Sicily, Italy.
* Papa [[Eleuterio Francesco Fortino]] (1938 – 2010), priest of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, Archimandrite in the [[Eparchy of Lungro]] in Calabria, served as the Under Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and albanolog.
* Arch. [[Rrok Kola Mirdita]] (1939 – 2015), Catholic archbishop.
* Mons. [[Angelo Massafra]] (born 1949), metropolitan archbishop of Scutari-Pult and president of the Albanian Episcopal Conference.
* Mons. [[Donato Oliverio]] (born 1956), Bishop of the Eparchy of Lungro.
* [[Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani]], Islamic scholar (specialising in the field of [[Hadith studies|Hadith sciences]]) and [[Islamic revival|Muslim revivalist]] in the 20th century. He is well known for his anti-extremist leanings all over the Muslim world.

=== Martyrs ===
* Papa [[Kristo Negovani]] (1875 – 1905), religious leader and writer for the Albanian cause.
* Father [[Daniel Dajani]] (1906 – 1946), Jesuit religious and martyr, of the [[Catholic Church]], killed by the regime during the communist dictatorship in Albania.
* [[Stath Melani]] (1858-1917)  was an Albanian [[Eastern Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox]] priest who participated in the [[Congress of Manastir]] and helped spread awareness of the [[Albanian language|Albanian]] written language in southern Albania.

=== Pope ===
* [[Pope Clement XI]] (1649 – 1721), Pope of the Catholic Church.

=== Saints and blessed ===
* Saint Papa [[Josif Papamihali]] (1912 – 1948), priest of [[Byzantine rite]], formed in the Albanian communities of Italy, martyr of the [[Albanian Greek-Catholic Church]], arrested, sentenced to forced labor, and killed during the communist dictatorship in Albania.
* Saint [[Mother Teresa]] (1910 – 1997), Roman Catholic religious and missionary.
* Saint [[Astius]] (2nd century AD), bishop of [[Dyrrhachium]], martyr and saint venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
* Saint [[Pelinus]] (c. 620 – 5 December 662), native of [[Dyrrhachium]] and later Bishop of Brindisi in Italy.
* Saint [[Angelina of Serbia]] (1440–1520), the Albanian Despotess consort of Serbian Despot [[Stefan Branković]] (r. 1458–1459), and a daughter of Albanian nobleman [[Gjergj Arianiti]]. She was proclaimed a saint and venerated as such by the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]].
* Saint [[John Koukouzelis]] (1300–c. 1350) recognized as a saint by the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]].
* Saints [[Eleutherius and Antia]] venerated as Christian saints and martyrs in Greece and Albania by both the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.[[File:Saint Kristo the Albanian.jpg|thumb|Fresco of Saint Christos the gardener.]][[Saint Christos the Arvanid]] Saint Christos the Arvanid or the gardener ([[Albanian language|Albanian]]: ''Shën Kristo Kopshtari'') was an 18th-century Eastern Orthodox saint from [[Albania]].
* [[Therinus]] ([[Albanian language|Albanian]]: ''Terin'', [[Greek language|Greek]]: Θερινός), also known as Therius of Buthrotum, was a [[Christian saint]] revered in [[Albania]].
* [[Nicodemus of Elbasan]] The new martyr Nicodems also known as Nicodemus of Berat (Albanian: ''Shën Nikodhimi i Beratit'') was born in [[Vithkuq]] in present-day [[Albania]]. He was married and had children there. Later he converted to [[Islam]] and then became a Christian again, at [[Mount Athos]], Greece. After three years he decided to return in his native town, informing the Muslim authorities of his decision. He was beheaded on 11 July 1722. His relics are venerated in [[Berat]].[[File:Shtjefën Kurti.jpg|thumb|Photo of Shtjefën Kurti.]][[Nephon II of Constantinople]]  ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Νήφων; died 11 August 1508), born Nicholas (Νικόλαος), was [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]] three times: from 1486 to 1488, from 1497 to 1498 and for a short time in 1502. He is honored as a [[saint]] in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and his [[feast day]] is August 11.
* [[Shtjefën Kurti]] (24 December 1898 – 20 October 1971) was an [[Albanians|Albanian]] [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[priest]] killed during a period of [[communist]] persecution.
* [[Çiprian Nika]], OFM ([[Shkodër]], 19 July 1900 – 11 March 1948) was an [[Albania|Albanian]] [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] priest, [[Franciscans|Franciscan]], teacher, and publicist.
* [[Saint Laura of Constantinople]] (died 1453) was a [[Christianity|Christian]] who lived in [[Constantinople]] during the 15th century. She was born in [[Greece]] into a noble family: her father was a [[Frankokratia|Latin]] knight named Michael and her mother was [[Arvanites|Albanian]]. Her name was '''Theodolinde Trasci'''. After she became a nun in Constantinople, she changed it into Laura, eventually rising to become an [[abbess]]. She was martyred by the [[Ottoman Turks]] who [[Fall of Constantinople|took Constantinople]] on 29 May 1453. They [[Scalding|scalded]] her to death with the other 52 sisters of her convent.
* [[Bernardin Palaj]] (20 October 1894 — 8 December 1947) was an [[Albanians|Albanian]] [[Franciscan]] friar, folklorist and poet.[[File:Santa Laura. Lienzo.JPG|thumb|Painting of St. Laura of Constantinople]][[Vinçenc Prennushi]] (born '''Nikoll Prendushi''', 4 September 1885 – 19 March 1949) was an [[Albanians|Albanian]] [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] professed member from the [[Order of Friars Minor]] and he served as the Archbishop of Durrës from 1940 until his death.
* [[Qerim Sadiku]] (12 February 1919 – 4 March 1946) was a Catholic [[Albanians|Albanian]] [[Beatification|blessed]] who had converted from [[Islam in Albania|Islam]]. He was executed by a firing squad in Shkodër along with clerics Danjel Dajani, Giovanni Fausti, Gjon Shllaku, Mark Çuni and Gjelosh Lulashi.
* [[Lazër Shantoja]] (7 July 1891 – 5 March 1945) was an [[Albanians|Albanian]] blessed, publicist, poet, satirist, and translator into [[Albanian language|Albanian]] from [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]], [[Friedrich Schiller|Schiller]] and [[Giacomo Leopardi|Leopardi]], as well as his country's first [[List of Esperanto speakers|Esperantist]].
* [[Alfons Tracki]] (2 December 1896 – 18 July 1946) was an [[Albanians|Albanian]] Catholic priest of German origin, who died as a [[Christian martyrs|martyr]] as a result of the [[religious persecution]] by the regime of [[Enver Hoxha]] in [[communist Albania]].
* [[Maria Tuci]] was an Albanian laywoman and Roman Catholic martyr from [[Lezhë]] who was imprisoned and died in Shkodra.