After the failure of the Eighth Crusade, Charles of Anjou returned his attention to Albania.
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The territory of the Kingdom of Albania under Philip of Taranto was restricted to roughly the modern Durrës District.
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He gained the support of local Albanian Catholics who preferred a Catholic Italian power as their protector instead of the Orthodox Serbs and Greeks, as well as the support of Pope Benedict XI.
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In order to fight this religious ambiguity, in 1304, Dominicans were ordered by Pope Benedict XI to enter the country and to instruct the locals in the Latin rite.
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