Founder of Biblioteca Angelica: Epirote Language is Illyrian - Themeluesi I Bibliotekes Anxhelika: Gjuha Epirote eshte Ilire
Angelo Rocca was the Bishop of Tagaste . In 1585 he became the editor of the Vatican Press for the Bible. In 1604, he founded the first library in Rome which was named after him called Biblioteca Angelica. Biblioteca Angelica was established for the benefit of the general public, particularly scholars and individuals who want access to rare works. It contains roughly 250,000 books and 3,000 manuscripts (Latin, Greek, and Oriental). In his book "Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, a Sixto V Pont. Max. in splendidiorem commodioremque locum translata, Rocca wrote that the Epirote language was an Illyrian Language. This means that Epirotes spoke Greek and that Illyrian was a Greek language. At that time, Epirus was part of Illyria Graeca. The author writes that the Illyrian language and Illyria take their name after Illyrios, the son of Polyphemos , the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon. Angelo Rocca ishte Peshkopi i Tagastes. Në vitin 1585 ai u bë redaktor i Vatican Press për ...








