Marin Barleti
Marin Barleti Marinus Barletius | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1450–1454 |
| Died | c. 1512 (age 57–62) |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Known for | Author of Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi Epirotarum principis |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Church of St. Stephan |
Marin Barleti (Latin: Marinus Barletius, Italian: Marino Barlezio; c. 1450–1454 – c. 1512) was a historian, humanist and Catholic priest from Shkodër. He is considered the first Albanian historian because of his 1504 eyewitness account of the 1478 siege of Shkodra. Barleti is better known for his second work, a biography on Skanderbeg, translated into many languages in the 16th to the 20th centuries.