Reverendissimo in Christo Patri 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 Dei gratia episcopo CulmensiIoannes 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⌋, fratri et amico carissimo ac honorando

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, frater et amice carissime ac honorande.

Rogarunt me nonnulli amici mei, interponerem partes meas ad Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam, quo consanguineis sacerdotis cuiusdam in Marienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat river, a branch of the Vistula at its delta, the capital of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309-1457), a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (1466-1772). Marienburg (taking turns with Graudenz (Grudziądz)) was the venue for the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)⌊arce MariemburgensiMarienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat river, a branch of the Vistula at its delta, the capital of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309-1457), a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (1466-1772). Marienburg (taking turns with Graudenz (Grudziądz)) was the venue for the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)⌋ ab intestato non pridem defuncti de pecuniis et rebus illius derelictis Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima conferre aliquid eosque consolatos reddere dignaretur.[1] Quare tametsi sciam res omnes sacerdotum ab intestato morientium ad solius loci ordinarii dispositionem pertinere et neque quempiam consanguineorum iure adire eas aut vendicare sibi posse, quia tamen utique ex eiuscemodi rebus subvenire egentium inopiae ego iustum et pium existimo, rogo Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam, impartire velit nonnihil praefati sacerdotis defuncti consanguineis inopibus de rebus et pecuniis illius derelictis. Non dubito enim, quin Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima ex illis eisdem rebus cupiat aliquid erogatum iri in egenos. Id, quod ego quoque, quotiens eiusmodi res ab intestato derelictae ad dispositionem meam veniunt, in more meo habeo, eas enim, non secus ac spinas, ipse non attingo et ab usibus meis reiicio, sed pauperum inopiae ex eis subvenio, ubi consanguineos quoque defuncti, quos video inopes aeque atque alios quoque pauperes dignos hac elemosina reputo, et dare eis quoque aliquid iuxta opus pium existimo.

Felicissima sit Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima meque solito amore et benevolentia sua prosequatur.

Datae in Iłża, town in central Poland, northern Małopolska, 30 km S of Radom, castle of Cracow bishops⌊arce nostra IslzensiIłża, town in central Poland, northern Małopolska, 30 km S of Radom, castle of Cracow bishops⌋, die vigesima secunda Iunii anno Domini M-o D-o XXXIII-o.

Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis Piotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌊Petrus episcopus CracoviensisPiotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌋ et vicecancellarius subscriptit

[1 ] See Dantiscus' cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to [Piotr TOMICKI] Marienburg (Malbork), 1533-05-17, CIDTC IDL 949⌊lettercf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to [Piotr TOMICKI] Marienburg (Malbork), 1533-05-17, CIDTC IDL 949⌋ to Bishop Tomicki