The formula e pagëzimit (English: baptismal formula) is the first written document in Albanian retrieved. The sentence in Albanian is Un'te paghesont' pr'emenit t'Atit e t'Birit e t'Spirit Senit. (English: I baptize thee in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and modern Albanian: Unë të pagëzoj në emër të Atit, të Birit, e të Shpirtit të Shenjtë) and was contained in a pastoral letter written in Latin by Pal Engjëlli. The document is dated November 8, 1462.
The document is held in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, Italy, where it was discovered in 1915 by Romanian scholar Nicolae Iorga.
Albanian scholar Xhevat Lloshi claim there were attempts to write Albanian in the 12th or 13th century.
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