Nationality Venetian | Name Ivan Mrnavic | |
Born 1579 Sebenico (Sibenik), Republic of Venice Died 1637
Republic of Venice Occupation Catholic bishop and author of historical works | ||
Ivan Tomko Mrnavić (1579–1637) was a Venetian Catholic bishop and author of historical works. He was the author of several forgeries, with the most famous being that of the "Life of Justinian".
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Mrnavić believed that the Illyrians were Slavs. He claimed that Skanderbeg, the national hero of Albania, was of Slav origin, which prompted Frang Bardhi to write a biography on Skanderbeg published in Venice in 1636 as a polemic against him, defending an Albanian identity of Skanderbeg.
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