Bilotta was interested not only in pedagogy, philosophy and theology but also in languages and classical and modern literature; but he nurtured his greatest love for the Albanian language, which he called "divine". In Italian he wrote many philological works about the Albanian language, and he published them from 1893 until 1915.

On August 9, 1898, the Italian National Academy of Science, Literature and Arts, located in Florence, honored Bilotta with a permanent member diploma. He received similar diplomas from the Academy "Leonardo da Vinci", located in Tortona; and from the International Partenopean Academy at Naples. He was also a member of the Committee that promoted the Albanian Linguistic Congress, at Corigliano, where he participated in October 1895, together with De Rada, Argondizza, Camodeca, Ribecco, Lorecchio and others. At that meeting of intellectuals, Bilotta presented, with a speech in Albanian, the Albanian language alphabet, that he was using in his writings: It was the alphabet that he used also in the work “Shpata e Skanderbekut ndë Dibret Poshtë” (The Sword of Skanderbeg at Lower Dibre). In an Albanian poem that he read at that Congress, he asked the participants thus: "Pay attention to study, to speak and to write this language well, to present it renowned amidst the Languages of the World, and recommend to the foreign intellectuals that they know how to appreciate it."

Regarding the poetic art of Bilotta, I want to point out here the opinion of Gerolamo de Rada, who, giving him a copy of his Conference on the "Antiquity of the Albanian Language" expresses himself thus with these words: "To my friend and true poet, arciprete Bilotta, with a "Bravo" from the heart". But his unprinted works written in Albanian are more numerous and important than those already published. These were in the custody of his nephew Agostino Giordano, my father, who gave them to me, because Bilotta had told him: "Until there is a priest in our family, nobody must touch these".

Bilotta started his poetic-literary activity in November 1870, with the work "Mercurio Dorsa": This satirical work has more than 1,500 seven-syllable verses, and the Author condemns the violent actions of an association of individuals guided by a leader of one of the local neighborhoods. This work, which is the first in chronological order, reveals to us the feelings of the writer, who, being a person of righteous character, could not at all stand the injustices of men against their brothers, particularly against the poor and the humble. This characteristic of his style and manner of thinking, that could not stand violence and oppression, comes out in all of his work, also in those of a religious nature. We can thus say that Bilotta was truly a representative of the Albanian race, with which he also shared his suffering. The very nice fantasy novel, entitled "The thirteenth one", that has almost 2,000 eight-syllable verses, has no date, but judging from the alphabet employed, seems to go back to the year 1870. This work can be read in one sitting, because of the argument and because of the fluidity of the poetry. The Author considered it very important. The poverty of a numerous family is defeated by the ability and the good fortune of the youngest of the thirteen brothers.

In 1874 he began the epic poem “The Sword of Skanderbeg at Lower Dibre". The three incomplete writings are from 1874, 1878 and 1888; the last complete writing is from 1890. All these writings show us that the Author considered this work of 12 songs, important, with more than 10,000 six and seven-syllable verses. Ahead of the 12 songs he places an only song, in which he tells of the duel between Skanderbeg and a giant Tartar at Adrianopolis; this song is made up of 56 lines of six verses of six and seven-syllables, and is part of the writing of 1874. The alphabet used in this writing is not very different from the one used in the last copy of “The Sword of Skanderbeg at Lower Dibre". Also, the letters are very clear.

In 1888 Bilotta finished gathering 6,000 words in the language of Frascineto, in a "Vocabulary" of nearly 200 pages. On July 18, 1891, he finished writing the "Town History of Frascineto". This historical work is divided in 5 parts. The fifth one is incomplete, because the narration stops at the last events of the XVIII century. This Town History is made up of 332 lines of six verses, that is nearly 2,000 eleven-syllable verses. The Town History is preceded by a sonnet that begins thus:

On a large plain, stony and luminous/ Frascineto shines at the foot of a mountain/ branch of the Apennine beautiful with flowers;/ it has water and wine and air like honey…

Although this work is not well documented, it remains a source of precious information, because they were taken from traditions of the people, to which the Arbëresh were and are always faithful.

Perhaps to complete the "Town History", Bilotta wrote the work, "Customs of Frascineto", finished in 1894. In this work he describes the customs, the traditions, the games, the festivals that take place in Frascineto throughout the 12 months of the year. The work is made of 570 triplets with 1710 eleven-syllable verses. Its value is great because it demonstrates the love of the Arbëresh people for national customs, taking us back to their origins or to the Albania of Skanderbeg.

In that same manuscript, Bilotta inserts also the "Betrothal, Marriage, Birth and Baptism", with date of May 26, 1894. Assembled, these parts make up 232 lines, with 1329 eleven-syllable verses. The historical, folkloric, psychological, and poetic values of this work is very great, because the Author transcribes faithfully the information, penetrating the popular sentiment and presenting to us the simple, honest and busy life of the Arbëresh people until the XIX century. Bilotta is embittered because the customs are beginning to be forgotten, with the modernization of human society, after the unification of Italy, and he says: "... but since the 60's (1860's) people have become corrupted/ so much that every good manner is decayed and worn out!"

One of the most voluminous works is "The Beautiful girl of the world", which he dedicates, as a sign of esteem and friendship, to the honorable Gentleman and famous Arbëresh poet and philologist Gerolamo de Rada, consecrating himself to him as a most devoted disciple. This work is an Arbëresh novel, finished on February 22, 1895, which has 440 sonnets, with 6,160 eleven-syllable verses. It is about a young man, son of a king, who with an enchanted horse - after he searched for and found his three sisters, who were kidnapped by the Sun, the Sea and Hell - kidnaps the Beauty of the World, whom he later marries with great solemnity.

Bilotta finished writing another novel on 2-16-1896, calling it "The Beautiful Joy", made up of nearly 2,000 eleven-syllable verses. The story is told of a king, who sends a knight to look for Beauty; but she, when standing before the sovereign, says that she wants to marry the beloved and valiant knight instead of the evil and lazy king, who later is killed with boiling oil and water from Hell. In this novel, the author condemns the pride of kings and exalts the simplicity of the oppressed.

On April 4, 1903, Bilotta starts the "Minos", a poetic-mythological work, which has 24 songs, with more than 8,000 eleven-syllable verses. Another manuscript of that work, with some additions, was finished on 11-3-1909, and has 37 songs with 8,664 eleven-syllable verses. But the Author changes its name for this: "Horrible and Joyous Scenes of the Afterlife". In this work Bilotta, drawing inspiration from Dante's "Divine Comedy", is invited by Fate to visit the three kingdoms of the afterlife, where he learns unknown facts, meets many important people of ancient history, and also recognizes some of his fellow citizens of Frascineto, and he talks with them. He began a third writing of the "Minos", very polished, on April 18, 1918, but he leaves it unfinished at the point of song XVIII, at the end of which he notes the date as June 8, 1918, eight days before he suddenly died.

On 9-30-1903 he finished "Hell", a poem of 10 songs, which is composed of 3,276 eleven-syllable verses. This work seems to be the continuation of "Minos", because it starts with these words: "I am growing tired, o my Fate, of seeing/ the unhappy accused that are doing so badly./ Open other doors for me, so I can see and learn/ better how the second life is". In Hell, the Author condemns not only the criminals of antiquity, but also his evil contemporaries. "The life of the Virgin", made of 7 songs of 1,720 five-syllable verses, was finished on May 18, 1896. On May 31 he also finished "The Dead", where he tells about incredible and supernatural facts, and apparitions of the dead; the 5 songs of the work are made of 2,000 eleven-syllable verses. "The History of St. Nilo", holy Basilian monk of Rossano and founder of the Monastery of Grottaferratta, was written to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the death of the Saint. The work has 122 eleven-syllable sextets. The comical drama "Don Quijote", 3,500 seven and eight-syllable verses, is from 1908. The Author tells us of the adventures of a Utopian and crazy fellow citizen, and of his friends. On 6-26-1916 he finished another work titled "The Life of the Madonna", made of 127 sonnets. Other 200 sonnets titled "To the Saints that I serve in Church" are of 12-21-1917. Beyond this there is a large amount of fables and legends, religious songs, chronicle, proverbs and discourses, written between 1870 and 1918. These compositions are made of more than 20,000 verses. On 12-15-1905 he finished the satire "Ignoble Works of Unworthy People", that he had started on September 15 of the same year. At the end of the work, the Author writes: "It has not pleased me to use the pen to tell about the ignoble works of unworthy men in poem and story: but I wrote them so the future generations will condemn them".

In this poetic activity Bilotta almost gathered the entire historical, folkloric and narrative tradition of the Arbëresh people of Frascineto, and also partly of the Arbëresh of Calabria. For this his merits related to the spilled Albanian blood, and to Albania, were, and are, great. And his name will be remembered and praised by all the Arbëresh and by the Mother Land, loved and never forgotten.

Emanuele papas Giordano