Editing Lists of Albanians (section)

=== 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.