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'''Agostino Kont de Bruti''' (b. May 1682, [[Koper]] - d. 1747) was the Bishop of Koper, member of the Albanian medieval Bruti family, in [[Venice]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Bishop Agostino Bruti [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbruti.html}}</ref> He entered the [[Dominican Order|Dominican order]] in the city and studied theology in [[Padua]]. He also served as the secretary to the Duke and Cornara of Venice in Rome. In 1707 he was an ordained priest, and in 1728 he was appointed bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of La Canea|Cydonia]]. In 1733 he became the archbishop of Hania (Canea) in Crete. He died in 1747 and is buried in the chapel of the Carmelite Mother of God, in the baptistery of St. John the Baptist (Rotunda), which is testified by two stone tablets and a grieving speech written by city writer and speaker Giuseppe Bonzio.<ref>{{cite web |title=BRUTI (de BRUTIS) Agostino (Augustinus) |url=http://www.primorci.si/osebe/bruti-(de-brutis)-agostino-(augustinus)/1297/ |website=www.primorci.si}}</ref> He was a priest for 40 years and a bishop for 18. He also served the Duoda family from Shkoder who produced vice consultants in Venice.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Istre “Iliria” Koper |first1=ALBANSKE PLEMIŠKE DRUŽINE V BENEŠKEM KOPRU v jubilejnem letu palače Bruti 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 slovenske |title=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) |url=http://www.iliria.si/alb/brochure_Bruti_DEF.pdf?i=1 |publisher=Ulica »Calle Albanese« na predvojnem zemljevidu Kopra Rruga “Calle Albanese” në hartën e paraluftës së qytetit Koper |access-date=2019-04-05 |archive-date=2019-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105122424/http://www.iliria.si/alb/brochure_Bruti_DEF.pdf%3Fi%3D1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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