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Letter #1582

Jan Benedyktowicz SOLFA to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1537-02-25
            received [1537]-03-19

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 243, p. 205-206

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 390

 

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine gratiosissime et venerande. Praemissis humilibus servitiis meis in favorem.

Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra sciat suas maiestates perbellissime habere, verum archiepiscopus hucusque se continet domi suae, nec exibit, nisi completam sanitatem assequetur. Reverendissimus dominus episcopus Plocensis nactus cancellariatus dignitatem. Cuperem alio feliciore tempore concessam ei, quando et in quadratura Lunae et Saturni et signo bicorporeo hoc officium suscepit, vereor de constabilitate negotii huius, si vera sunt, quae astronomorum periti pro certis habent. Quamquam noster Yeronymus cf. Hier. Ep. Ad Eustochium 22.37.2 ad omnem actum, ad omnem incessum manus pingat Domini crucem ad omnem actum et incessum pingere crucemcf. Hier. Ep. Ad Eustochium 22.37.2 ad omnem actum, ad omnem incessum manus pingat Domini crucem ait saluberrimum esse et plus verum quam omnes caeli aspectus.

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Valeat felicissime.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Jan Benedyktowicz Solfa (Ioannes Benedicti de Trebul, Ioannes Benedicti Solpha) (*1483 – †1564), physician, lawyer, poet and historian; in 1541 ennobled by Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; from 1521 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Glogau (Głogów); from 1522 court physician of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; from 1526 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); from ca. 1528 Canon of Vilnius; from 1529 Canon of St. John’s Collegiate Church in Warsaw; from 1531 Custos of Łowicz; from 1538 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); from 1539 Canon of Sandomierz; from 1547 Canon of Cracow and Provost of Ermland (KOŻUSZEK, passim)Ioannes BenedictiJan Benedyktowicz Solfa (Ioannes Benedicti de Trebul, Ioannes Benedicti Solpha) (*1483 – †1564), physician, lawyer, poet and historian; in 1541 ennobled by Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; from 1521 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Glogau (Głogów); from 1522 court physician of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; from 1526 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); from ca. 1528 Canon of Vilnius; from 1529 Canon of St. John’s Collegiate Church in Warsaw; from 1531 Custos of Łowicz; from 1538 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); from 1539 Canon of Sandomierz; from 1547 Canon of Cracow and Provost of Ermland (KOŻUSZEK, passim) regius doctor et custos Lovicensis etc. obsequentissimus