CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #3367

Stanisław HOZJUSZ (HOSIUS) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow, 1548-05-11

received Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1548-05-29

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 1618, p. 681-684 (629-632)

Prints:

1	HE 1 No. 287, p. 258 (in extenso; Latin register)

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BCz, 1618, p. 632

Reverendissimo in Christo Patri 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⌋ etc., domino clementissimo

BCz, 1618, p. 629

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine colendissime.

Officiosissimam servitutis meae commendationem.

Quod in praesentia Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae scribam, nihil est, nisi quod exspectamus adventum huc maiestatis regiae ad decimum Calendas Iulii, quem faustum et felicem Deus esse velit. Ceterum quieta sunt omnia paper damaged⌈[a]a paper damaged⌉ Dei benignitate. Quae Vilnae acta sint, cognoscet ex aliis. Ego longius absum. Mitto Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae litteras a domino Olao archiepiscopo. Ex iis, quae sint res in Italia novae, cognoscet.

Deum precor, ut Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram diu servet incolumem et felicem. Cuius me gratiae commendo.

Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaeCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋ V Idus Maii.

Postscript:

De sepulturae die nihildum est certi constitutum. Video sententiam hanc esse regiae maiestatis, ut cum iustis comitia iungantur.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae servitor deditissimus 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