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Stath Melani (18 September 1858 – 24 December 1917) was an Albanian Orthodox priest who participated in the Congress of Manastir and helped spread awareness of the Albanian written language in southern Albania.^[1] He was killed by a group of Greek nationalists near Përmet for insisting on the use of the Albanian language in the local Orthodox liturgy.^[2]

^ Vatra e kulturës (in Albanian). Shtëpija Qëndrore e Krijimtarisë Popullore. 1969. p. 30.
^ Pepa, Pjetër (2003). The criminal file of Albania's communist dictator. Uegen. p. 235. ISBN 9789992754276. He was the successor of Padre Stath Melani, who was massacred and treacherously killed by Greek bands (in Melan at 1912) because he had responded to the bishop "Your Grace! Albanians communicate with God better and sooner in Albanian than in the Greek language

[1] Vatra e kulturës (in Albanian). Shtëpija Qëndrore e Krijimtarisë Popullore. 1969. p. 30.

[2] Pepa, Pjetër (2003). The criminal file of Albania's communist dictator. Uegen. p. 235. ISBN 9789992754276. He was the successor of Padre Stath Melani, who was massacred and treacherously killed by Greek bands (in Melan at 1912) because he had responded to the bishop "Your Grace! Albanians communicate with God better and sooner in Albanian than in the Greek language

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