Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Costantino Castriota | |
Bishop of Isernia | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Isernia |
Term: | 1497–1500 |
Predecessor: | Francesco de Adamo de Lucharo |
Successor: | Giovanni Olivieri |
Birth Date: | 1477 |
Death Date: | 1500 |
Costantino Castriota Scanderbeg (1477–1500) (sq|Konstandin Kastriota) was an Albanian nobleman from the House of Kastrioti and prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Isernia (1497–1500).[1]
Costantino Castriota was born in 1477[2] to the House of Kastrioti, the son of Gjon Kastrioti II, son of Skanderbeg, and Jerina Branković, the daughter of Serbian Despot Lazar Branković.On 2 Oct 1497, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI as Bishop of Isernia. He served as Bishop of Isernia until his death in 1500.