Pjetër Budi

Pjetër Budi, was an Albanian Catholic bishop and a prominent Old Albanian author from the Renaissance. He is known for his first work "Doktrina e Kërshtenë", an Albanian translation of the catechism of Robert Bellarmine, which was published in Rome in 1618. In 1599 Pjetër Budi was appointed Vicar General of the Catholic Church in Serbia, a position he held for seventeen years. Later he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Sapë and Sarda.