Giovanni Bruni Explained

Giovanni Bruni
Birth Place:	Antivari
Death Place:	Adriatic sea
Death Cause:	Killed by Spanish soldiers who boarded Bruni's ship during the Battle of Lepanto
Father:	Gasparo Bruni, the first knight of Malta
Nationality:	Albanian
Occupation:	Archbishop and priest.
Years Active:	1551-1571
Known For:	Archbishop of Bar, lead role in the Council of Trent (1563).
Citizenship:	Venetian
Education:	Jesuit
Employer:	Venice
Family:	Bruni family
Relatives:	Antonio Bruni (merchant), Bartolomeo Bruti, Benedetto Bruti and Jacomo Bruti

Giovanni Bruni (- 1571) was an Albanian Bishop of Bar from Ulcinj^{[1] [2] [3]} part of the Bruni family and related to Antonio Bruni and Gasparo Bruni. Giovanni Bruni confronted Ottoman rule and the Greek Orthodox Church working hard for the Catholic cause. In 1551 he became the bishop of Bar. In 1553, the Pope wrote to Giovanni in Bar and to the bishops of Ulcinj asking them to investigate the proposed grant of land by the Abbey f St. Nicholas to Antonio Bruti, whom had asked for the papal confirmation to secure the family heir. In 1558 Giovanni became the archbishop of Ulcinj.^[4] Giovanni Bruni was a Jesuit and archbishop who took a lead role in 1563 at the Council of Trent, which launched the Catholic Counter-Reformation.^[5] Giovanni was enslaved by the Ottomans when the city fell in 1571^{[6] [7] [8]} and was later killed by the Spanish as they cut him down despite yelling ”I am Christian, I am a bishop”.^[9] It is believed that Giovannis brother, Antonio Bruni, was only 100 yards away.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mannini . Maria Pia . Giovanni da San Giovanni . Oxford Art Online . Oxford University Press . 2003.
2. Book: Malcolm . Noel . Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-century Mediterranean World . 2015 . Oxford University Press . 9780190262785 . 55 . en.
3. News: Jerry Brotton . Brotton . Jerry . Agents of Empire by Noel Malcolm, review: 'a quite miraculous feat' . 13 June 2015.
4. Book: slovenske Istre “Iliria” Koper . Izdajatelj: Osrednja knjižnica Srečka Vilharja Koper Založnik: Kulturno društvo Albancev slovenske Istre “Iliria” Koper Za izdajatelja: David Runco Za založnika: Heset Ahmeti Kraj in datum izdaje: Koper, 2015 Dopolnjena izdaja Urednik: mag. Peter Štoka Avtorji: mag. Peter Štoka, dr. Salvator Žitko, dr. Helena Seražin Prevod: dr. Martin Berishaj Lektoriranje: Ljuba Vrabec (slovenščina), Ganimet Shala (albanščina) Tisk: Luglioprint, Trieste (Italija) Naklada: 300 izvodov Nosilec avtorskih pravic: Osrednja knjižnica Srečka Vilharja Koper in Kulturno društvo Albancev . ALBANESE ALBANSKE PLEMIŠKE DRUŽINE V BENEŠKEM KOPRU v jubilejnem letu palače Bruti FAMILJET FISNIKE SHQIPTARE NË KOPRIN E VENECISË në vitin jubilar të pallatit Bruti . Iliria, Zbirka, Koleksioni . 32 . 2019-04-05 . 2019-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191105122424/http://www.iliria.si/alb/brochure_Bruti_DEF.pdf%3Fi%3D1 . dead .
5. Web site: History Returns Violently in the Mediterranean and Beyond - Rasmussen Reports® . www.rasmussenreports.com.
6. Book: Greene . Molly . Noel Malcolm, Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in The Sixteenth Century Mediterranean World, London: Allen Lane, 2015, xxv+604 pp., ISBN . 2015 . 9780190262785 . 434 .
7. Book: Geschichte, Wien) . REVUE DES ÉTUDES SUD-EST EUROPÉENNES . Wien . 57 . TOME LIII . 2019-04-05 . 2022-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221226143720/https://revista.acadsudest.ro/Arhiv%C4%83/Revista%202015/RESEE_2015.pdf . dead .
8. News: Hatfield . Andrew . Figure 1.2. Imbalances had been growing before the crisis . 23 March 2019 .
9. Book: Noel Malcolm, Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in The Sixteenth Century Mediterranean World, London: Allen Lane, 2015, xxv+604 pp . 2015 . 9780190262785 . 434 . Osmanlı Araştırmaları / The Journal of Ottoman Studies, XLVIII (2016), 431-496 .
10. News: Gallagher . John . Agents of Empire by Noel Malcolm review – a dazzling history of the 16th-century Mediterranean . The Guardian . 10 June 2015.