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Letter #2722

Stanisław HOZJUSZ (HOSIUS) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
[village on the Vistula river between Warsaw and Elbing (Elbląg)], 1544-05-04

received Elbing (Elbląg), 1544-05-07

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 19, No. 34

Prints:

1	HE 1 No. 157, p. 155 (in extenso; Latin register)

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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 episcopo VarmiensiIoannes 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 colendissimo

Reverendissime Domine, domine colendissime.

Officiosissimam servitutis meae commendationem.

Post triduum fore spero, ut colloqui cum Reverendissima Dominatione Vestra liceat, interea oblata occasione litteras has praemittendas putavi. Warsaw (Warszawa, Varsovia), city in central Poland, Masovia, on the Vistula river, today the capital of Poland⌊VarssaviaWarsaw (Warszawa, Varsovia), city in central Poland, Masovia, on the Vistula river, today the capital of Poland⌋ cum solvissemus, parum feliciter nobis cessit navigatio, sed quoniam conquieverunt iam venti, spes est in Deo, reliquum iter magis ex sententia cessurum.

Deum precor, ut incolumem videre liceat Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram. Cuius me gratiae commendo.

Ex villa, quarto Nonas Maii 1544.

Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae servitor addictissimus 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)⌊Stanislaus HosiusStanisław 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)⌋ cantor et canonicus Varmiensis