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Letter #3609

Jan CHOJEŃSKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1537-12-04
            received [1537]-12-20

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 1595, p. 857-860

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 666

 

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BCz, 1595, p. 857

Reverendissime in Christo Pater Domine, domine mi et frater carissime ac honoran(de) or honoran(dissime)honoran(de)honoran(de) or honoran(dissime) .

Putabam supervacaneum longioribus uti nunc litteris, quando dominus Bernhard von Höfen (Bernhard Flachsbinder) (†after 1548), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother, stayed with Dantiscus in Spain, as a member of his mission's retinue, and was used as a trusted courier to Poland at least from 1526; after 1530 Starost of LöbauBer(nardus)Bernhard von Höfen (Bernhard Flachsbinder) (†after 1548), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother, stayed with Dantiscus in Spain, as a member of his mission's retinue, and was used as a trusted courier to Poland at least from 1526; after 1530 Starost of Löbau frater Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae ad eam revertitur, qui mihi litterarum et responsi loco futurus est apud Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam. Cui non ago gratias pro munere, quod nec sperabam ne optabam umquam, utpote qui non aliud optabam, et num etiam paper damaged[m]m paper damaged[1] efflagito ms. aefflagito(!) efflagitoefflagito ms. aefflagito(!) a Vestra Reverendissima Dominatione purum putumque non aurum, sed auro omni mihi cariorem amorem amicitiamque, qua abunde pensabit Vestra Dominatio Reverendissima obsequia mea, si quae ei cum fructo, quod ecquidem cupio, praesto. Litterae ad Paul III (Alessandro Farnese) (*1468 – †1549), 1493 elevated to cardinal; 1524 Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia; 1534-1549 Popesummum pontificemPaul III (Alessandro Farnese) (*1468 – †1549), 1493 elevated to cardinal; 1524 Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia; 1534-1549 Pope, secundum exemplar missum descriptae, manu regia subscriptae sunt et quae deinceps ex commodo Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae esse cognovero, diligenter curabo. De canonicatu Varmiensi spero Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy SeeRomaeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See ad ob commendationem regiam Stanisław Hozjusz (Stanisław Hosz, Stanislaus Hosius) (*1504 – †1579), diplomat and theologian; 1534-1538 secretary to the Bishops of Cracow Piotr Tomicki and Jan Chojeński; 1538-1549 royal secretary; 1538-1549 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and from 1539 Cantor; 1540-1550 Canon of Cracow; 1549-1551 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1551-1579 Bishop of Ermland; in 1560 elevated to Cardinal; 1561-1563 Papal Legate to the General Council of Trent; in 1573 appointed Grand Penitentiary to Pope Gregory XIII (SBKW, p. 95-96; KOPICZKO 2, p. 129-130)HossioStanisław Hozjusz (Stanisław Hosz, Stanislaus Hosius) (*1504 – †1579), diplomat and theologian; 1534-1538 secretary to the Bishops of Cracow Piotr Tomicki and Jan Chojeński; 1538-1549 royal secretary; 1538-1549 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and from 1539 Cantor; 1540-1550 Canon of Cracow; 1549-1551 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1551-1579 Bishop of Ermland; in 1560 elevated to Cardinal; 1561-1563 Papal Legate to the General Council of Trent; in 1573 appointed Grand Penitentiary to Pope Gregory XIII (SBKW, p. 95-96; KOPICZKO 2, p. 129-130) meo provisum esse, et fortasse dabitur brevi occasio, quod domino probably Fabian Wojanowski (Fabian of Dąbrówka, Fabian Damerau) (†1540), courtier of King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Queen Bona Sforza, German tutor to their son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1531 he went back to his family name Damerau; Dantiscus' companion on his mission to Emperor Charles V and his successor as a royal envoy at the Imperial court; 1539-1540 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (from 1538 coadiutor of Henryk von Snellenberg by Dantiscus' patronage) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 49; SBKW, p. 37)Fabianoprobably Fabian Wojanowski (Fabian of Dąbrówka, Fabian Damerau) (†1540), courtier of King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Queen Bona Sforza, German tutor to their son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1531 he went back to his family name Damerau; Dantiscus' companion on his mission to Emperor Charles V and his successor as a royal envoy at the Imperial court; 1539-1540 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (from 1538 coadiutor of Henryk von Snellenberg by Dantiscus' patronage) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 49; SBKW, p. 37), eo aut maiori sacerdotio gratificari potero, q(uo)d amore Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae et illius famulitii contemplatione libenter sum facturus. BCz, 1595, p. 858 Quae hic aguntur aut dicuntur, narrabit omnia Bernhard von Höfen (Bernhard Flachsbinder) (†after 1548), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother, stayed with Dantiscus in Spain, as a member of his mission's retinue, and was used as a trusted courier to Poland at least from 1526; after 1530 Starost of LöbaufraterBernhard von Höfen (Bernhard Flachsbinder) (†after 1548), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother, stayed with Dantiscus in Spain, as a member of his mission's retinue, and was used as a trusted courier to Poland at least from 1526; after 1530 Starost of Löbau Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae. Cuius fraterno amori me etiam atque etiam commendo.

[1] num etiam probably in place of etiamnum.