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Letter #1584

Stanisław HOZJUSZ (HOSIUS) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1537-03-07
            received [1537]-03-24

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 19, No. 2

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 400

Prints:
1HE 1 No. 22, p. 43 (in extenso; Latin register)

 

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Reverendissime Domine, domine colendissime. Officiosissimam servitutis meae commendationem.

Cum proficisceretur istuc dominus Paweł Płotowski (*ca. 1485 – †1547), in 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański), Płotowski was one of the King's four candidates for the post of the bishop of Ermland; in 1530 and 1537, after the death of Jan Konopacki (Johann von Konopat) Sr and Dantiscus' transfer to the bishopric of Ermland, he made an effort to obtain the dignity of bishop of Kulm; from 1522 Provost of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter, and from 1523 Canon of Ermland; secretary to Crown Grand Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, and from 1533 royal secretary and courtier; in the thirties and forties several times royal envoy to the Royal Prussian Estates (SBKW, p. 191; KOPICZKO 2, p. 249-250)⌊praepositus VarmiensisPaweł Płotowski (*ca. 1485 – †1547), in 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański), Płotowski was one of the King's four candidates for the post of the bishop of Ermland; in 1530 and 1537, after the death of Jan Konopacki (Johann von Konopat) Sr and Dantiscus' transfer to the bishopric of Ermland, he made an effort to obtain the dignity of bishop of Kulm; from 1522 Provost of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter, and from 1523 Canon of Ermland; secretary to Crown Grand Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, and from 1533 royal secretary and courtier; in the thirties and forties several times royal envoy to the Royal Prussian Estates (SBKW, p. 191; KOPICZKO 2, p. 249-250)⌋, non putavi me sine magno aliquo scelere facere posse, ut eum absque meis litteris ad Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram redire permitterem. Quamvis itaque nihil fuerit, quod magnopere scriberem, tamen hoc ipsum scribere duxi satius, modo ut testarer studium meum et observantiam erga Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram, quam ut a teneris annis semper colui summaque sum veneratione prosecutus, ita deinceps etiam facere nunquam intermittam. Quod si quid est, in quo opera servituteque mea Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae gratiam magis atque magis demereri queam, imperet modo. Nihil fecero libentius, quam ut vel ad nutum illius me convertam.

Nova, quae sunt ad nos perlata, etiamsi paulo iam vetustiora, tamen in hac scheda praesentibus inclusa Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae mittenda putavi. Mihi fortasse castra erunt hac aestate sequenda, cui multo melius cum Muses Greek goddesses of literature and the arts⌊MusisMuses Greek goddesses of literature and the arts⌋ quam cum Mars ancient Roman god of war⌊MarteMars ancient Roman god of war⌋ convenit.

Scripsit nuper Dominus Spiegel ex aula Principis Ioachim Electoris, habita iri una comitia nescio in quo oppido Misniae per Principes Germaniae, altera vero Smalcaldiae per Principes Evangelicos, quibus eti<a>m Evangelista Lutherus intererit vel fortasse praeerit. Praeterea nihil hic habetur novi.

Quod reliquum est, commendo me favori et gratiae Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae, cui fausta precor et felicia omnia, imprimis autem diuturnam eamque prosperam valetudine[m].

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae servus 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)⌋

Postscript:

Cuperem, si videbitur Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae, novorum istorum participem fieri Dominum Felix Reich (*ca. 1475 – †1539), secretary to Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland (Warmia), and his chaplain; from 1518 Chancellor to succeeding Bishops of Ermland: Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) and Mauritius Ferber; 1518-1525 Provost of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; 1526-1539 Canon of Ermland; 1528 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1529-1532 administrator of the Chapter's estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn), and in 1538 in Tolkemit (Tolkmicko); 1538-1539 Vicar General of the diocese of Ermland, and Custos of Ermland; 1528-1530 envoy of the Ermland Chapter to the Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia (KOPICZKO 2, p. 265-266; BORAWSKA 1984, p. 176-177; SBKW, p. 200-201)⌊Custodem VarmiensemFelix Reich (*ca. 1475 – †1539), secretary to Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland (Warmia), and his chaplain; from 1518 Chancellor to succeeding Bishops of Ermland: Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) and Mauritius Ferber; 1518-1525 Provost of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; 1526-1539 Canon of Ermland; 1528 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1529-1532 administrator of the Chapter's estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn), and in 1538 in Tolkemit (Tolkmicko); 1538-1539 Vicar General of the diocese of Ermland, and Custos of Ermland; 1528-1530 envoy of the Ermland Chapter to the Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia (KOPICZKO 2, p. 265-266; BORAWSKA 1984, p. 176-177; SBKW, p. 200-201)⌋, atque illi de meliore, quod aiunt, nota per Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram commendari atque ut mihi Stanisław Aichler (Stanislaus Glandinus) (*1520 – †1585), doctor of canon and civil law in Bologna (1537), humanist, lawyer, poet, son-in-law of Jost Ludwig Dietz (Decius); 1538 Cracow town clerk; alderman of Magdeburg law at the Cracow castle (PSB 1, s. 33)⌊Stanislai GlandiniStanisław Aichler (Stanislaus Glandinus) (*1520 – †1585), doctor of canon and civil law in Bologna (1537), humanist, lawyer, poet, son-in-law of Jost Ludwig Dietz (Decius); 1538 Cracow town clerk; alderman of Magdeburg law at the Cracow castle (PSB 1, s. 33)⌋ eglogam(!) remittat quaeso.