{"id":8223,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/gjon-pantalia-3\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:53:23","slug":"gjon-pantalia-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/gjon-pantalia-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Gjon Pantalia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gjon <\/span>Pantali<\/span>j<\/span>a<\/span>, <\/span>martyr<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Cat<\/span>ho<\/span>l<\/span>ic<\/span> Church<\/span>, <\/span>died<\/span> in Shkodër. He <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in Prizren, in 1887. He <\/span>studied<\/span> in <\/span>his<\/span> ho<\/span>metown<\/span>. He <\/span>completed<\/span> his<\/span> cultural<\/span> formation<\/span> in a <\/span>self-taught<\/span> manner<\/span>. He <\/span>was<\/span> a <\/span>teacher<\/span> in the <\/span>primary<\/span> sc<\/span>ho<\/span>ol<\/span>, <\/span>director<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>printing<\/span> press<\/span>, administrator <\/span>of<\/span> the <\/span>magazines<\/span> “<\/span><\/span>Lajmëtar<\/span>i<\/span><\/span>“<\/span> (“The <\/span>messenger<\/span>”)<\/span> and<\/span> “<\/span><\/span>LEKA<\/span><\/span>” <\/span>and<\/span> artistic<\/span> director<\/span>: <\/span>c<\/span>ho<\/span>ir<\/span> director<\/span>, <\/span>band<\/span> director<\/span> and<\/span> theater<\/span> director<\/span>. He <\/span>was<\/span> arrested<\/span> in <\/span>October<\/span> 1946, in the <\/span>assembly<\/span> of<\/span> Saint<\/span> Francis<\/span> in Shkodër, <\/span>where<\/span> he <\/span>was<\/span> residing<\/span> after<\/span> the <\/span>closure<\/span> of<\/span> all <\/span>activities<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Albanian<\/span> Pontifical<\/span> Seminary<\/span>. He <\/span>was<\/span> tortured<\/span> a lot <\/span>during<\/span> the <\/span>investigation<\/span>. In the <\/span>years<\/span> 2002-2010, the <\/span>Diocesan<\/span> Investigation<\/span> of<\/span> Shkodra <\/span>took<\/span> place<\/span>, <\/span>which<\/span> collected<\/span> the evidence <\/span>for<\/span> his<\/span> martyrdom<\/span>. <\/span>On<\/span> April<\/span> 26, 2016, he <\/span>was<\/span> declared<\/span> a <\/span>Martyr<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Church<\/span>. <\/span>On<\/span> November<\/span> 9, 2016, the President <\/span>of<\/span> the <\/span>Republic<\/span> awarded<\/span> him<\/span> the <\/span>high<\/span> decoration<\/span> of<\/span> the “<\/span>Flag<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Nation<\/span>“. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/span>p<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span>: Gjon <\/span>Pantali<\/span>j<\/span>a<\/span>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Encyclopedic<\/span> dictionary<\/span> of<\/span> victims<\/span> of<\/span> communist<\/span> terror – Vol. VI <\/span><\/span>, “<\/span>West<\/span> Print<\/span>“, Institute <\/span>for<\/span> the <\/span>Study<\/span> of<\/span> Crimes<\/span> and<\/span> Consequences<\/span> of<\/span> Communism<\/span>, Tirana, 2017, page 196.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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P<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/kishakatolikes<\/span>h<\/span>koder.com\/it\/vella-gjon-pantalija-s-i\/<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Graphic<\/span> processing<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>AHCF<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Shkod\u00ebr, Gjon Pantalia, a martyr of the Catholic Church, passed away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12185,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8223\/revisions\/12185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}