Background
Matranga, who was born in Piana degli Albanesi, was the translator of a catechism book entitled East mbsuame e krështerë (Christian Doctrine) from Latin to medieval Albanian.
Matranga, who was born in Piana degli Albanesi, was the translator of a catechism book entitled East mbsuame e krështerë (Christian Doctrine) from Latin to medieval Albanian.
He is regarded as one of the authors of the era of early Albanian literature, as it has the oldest written text of Albanian in the diaspora. Shkrimtari mâ i vjetri i italo-shqyptarvet: Doctorate. Lukë Matranga, 1592: copa të zgjedhuna e të komentueve per shkolla të mjesme, Skoder, print of Franciscan, 1931. Louisiana Dottrina cristiana albanese di Luca Matranga: riproduzione, trascrizione e commento del codice Barberini latino 3454 / Luca Matranga, Vatican City, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1964.
East mbsuame e Krështerë: Critical Edition of manuscripts and printed (1592) / Luke Matranga, curated by Matteo Mandalà, Caltanissetta-Palermo, South. Sciascia, 2004.