page_title: Pal Engjëlli
hierarchical_section_title: Pal Engjëlli
caption_attribution_description: English: Stained glass depiction of Pope Callixtus III, Skanderbeg and Pal Engjëlli at the Cathedral of Saint Mother Teresa in Prishtina
context_page_description: Pal Ëngjëlli was an Albanian Roman Catholic cardinal, clergyman, scholar, and Archbishop of Durrës who in 1462 wrote the first known sentence retrieved so far in Albanian. Pal Ëngjëlli is reported to have been a friend, co-worker and close counselor of Skanderbeg. As his envoy, he frequently traveled abroad, seeking for aid in the war against the Ottoman Empire. Pal is the Northern Albanian version of Paul, and Ëngjëlli is the Albanian form of angel.
  Ëngjëlli managed to convince Lekë Dukagjini to leave Ottomans and later reconcile with Skanderbeg, and also to convince Skanderbeg to violate an armistice signed with the Ottomans.
context_section_description: Pal Ëngjëlli (Latin: Paulus Angelus; 1416 – 1470) was an  Albanian Roman Catholic cardinal, clergyman, scholar, and Archbishop of Durrës who in 1462 wrote the first known sentence retrieved so far in Albanian. Pal Ëngjëlli is reported to have been a friend, co-worker and close counselor of Skanderbeg. As his envoy, he frequently traveled abroad, seeking for aid in the war against the Ottoman Empire. Pal is the Northern Albanian version of Paul, and Ëngjëlli is the Albanian form of angel.
  Ëngjëlli managed to convince Lekë Dukagjini to leave Ottomans and later reconcile with Skanderbeg, and also to convince Skanderbeg to violate an armistice signed with the Ottomans.
caption: Pal Engjëlli (centre in black robes) holding the baptismal formula in Albanian
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