Career
He was the author of several forgeries, with the most famous being that of the "Life of Justinian".
He was the author of several forgeries, with the most famous being that of the "Life of Justinian".
Mrnavić believed that the Illyrians were Slavs. He claimed that Skanderbeg, the national hero of Albania, was of Slav origin, which prompted Frang Bardhi to write a biography on Skanderbeg published in Venice in 1636 as a polemic against him, defending an Albanian identity of Skanderbeg.