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Letter #2615

Ermland (Warmia) Chapter to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1543-01-15

received Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1543-01-17

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 1599, p. 281-282

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Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, domino Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌊Ioanni Dei gratia ecclesiae Warmiensis episcopoIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌋, domino et pastori nostro gratioso.

Reverendissime in Christo Pater, eximie praesul et domine, domine gratiose.

Obsequia nostra indefessa sint Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae officiose et humiliter praemissa.

Gratiose Domine.

Causa domini Mikołaj Loka (Mikołaj Lok) (†1569), collaborator of Stanisław Hozjusz as royal secretary; in 1545-1547 he stayed in Rome; in 1540 nominated as a canon of Ermland, and confirmed in 1542; 1547 - Poznań; 1560 abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Oliwa; 1550 envoy to the Prussian diet on behalf of King Sigismund II August (SZORC 1990, p. 331; KOPICZKO 2, p. 201)⌊LoccaMikołaj Loka (Mikołaj Lok) (†1569), collaborator of Stanisław Hozjusz as royal secretary; in 1545-1547 he stayed in Rome; in 1540 nominated as a canon of Ermland, and confirmed in 1542; 1547 - Poznań; 1560 abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Oliwa; 1550 envoy to the Prussian diet on behalf of King Sigismund II August (SZORC 1990, p. 331; KOPICZKO 2, p. 201)⌋ de ipsi tradenda possessione canonicatus et praebendae, necdum rationibus diversis nos in malam sequelam moventibus, apud nos ad perfectum constitui potuit, sed adhuc suspensa exsistit. Et necessarium putamus maturius desuper consulendum atque communi fratrum et praesentium, et futurorum necessitati pro iuramenti fide et debito nostro prospiciendum, ne error parvus in principio fiat magnus et inemendabilis in fine. Quod Vestram Reverendissimam Paternitatem pro officio nostro latere noluimus. Quae hoc ipsum gratiose in melius accipere velit.

Quam aeterno Deo et nos eius gratiae commendamus.

Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊WarmiaeFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋, 15 Ianuarii anno 43.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae officiosissimi Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊praelati, canonici et capitulum ecclesiae WarmiensisErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋