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Reverendissimo in Christo Patri, Domino et 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 DantiscoIoannes 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⌋, Dei gratia episcopo Varmiensi, domino ac patrono suo observanter colen(dissim)o or colen(d)o⌈colen(dissim)ocolen(dissim)o or colen(d)o⌉

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Reverendissime Praesul, maecenas ter maxime.

Verbis consequi nequaquam valeo, quanto gaudio affectus fuerim Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Johann von HÖFEN (Jan HARTOWSKI) 1539-04, CIDTC IDL 7222, letter lost⌊litterascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Johann von HÖFEN (Jan HARTOWSKI) 1539-04, CIDTC IDL 7222, letter lost⌋ legens, quibus me dignum esse putavit et culpam per me admissam benigne condonavit, nuncque me natum esse existimo, quod in gratiam Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis tandem redii, quam medius fidius diligentius custodiam nec unguem latum a Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis simul et praeceptoris mandato discedam, ea spe, quod me Vestra Reverendissima Paternitas orphanum non deseret, immo incumbentem bonis litteris supportabit. Nam Popielnikowa, mother of Johann von HÖFEN ⌊genitricemPopielnikowa, mother of Johann von HÖFEN ⌋ meam multorum liberorum cura gravatam id facere non posse certo scio, non in alioque, quam in Vestra Reverendissima Paternitate anchoram spei meae repono, maxime cum non ignorem, quod quem Vestra Reverendissima Paternitas semel complexa fuerit favore on the margin⌈favorefavore on the margin⌉, hunc iuvare et ornare non desistit perpetuo. Id insuper de me polliceor, quod Deum Optimum Maximum pro salute ac incolumitate Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis exorabo, cuius gratiae me quantus quantus totum commendo ac dedo.

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⌋, feriis divi Stanislai, anno Domini M-o D-o XXX-o IX.

Eiusdem Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis clientulus perpetuo deditissimus Johann von Höfen (Jan Hartowski, Ioannes Varschoviensis, Ioannes de Curiis) (†after 1547-09-01), probably a first cousin of Dantiscus, student of Valentinus Rawensis; in 1537 studied in Cracow; since 1545, upon Dantiscus' recommendation, in the service of Cracow bishop Samuel Maciejowski (SKOLIMOWSKA 2000)⌊Ioannes Varshowiensis de CuriisJohann von Höfen (Jan Hartowski, Ioannes Varschoviensis, Ioannes de Curiis) (†after 1547-09-01), probably a first cousin of Dantiscus, student of Valentinus Rawensis; in 1537 studied in Cracow; since 1545, upon Dantiscus' recommendation, in the service of Cracow bishop Samuel Maciejowski (SKOLIMOWSKA 2000)⌋