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Letter #2492

Ermland (Warmia) Chapter to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1541-09-03
            received Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1541-09-08

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 1599, p. 35-36

 

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BCz, 1599, p. 35

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine Antistes, domine gratiose.

Nostra obsequia indefessa sint in vota Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae ex sententia destinata.

Intelleximus ex cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1541-08-30, CIDTC IDL 4831litteriscf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1541-08-30, CIDTC IDL 4831 Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae, quae et quantae expensae factae sint tum in negotio, tum contra Alexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian, and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy and banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon in 1540; imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome in 1541; after his release in 1544, he remained in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509–1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519–1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1529–1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536–1540 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, now Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220; BORAWSKA 2023, p. 537-538)adversariumAlexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian, and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy and banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon in 1540; imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome in 1541; after his release in 1544, he remained in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509–1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519–1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1529–1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536–1540 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, now Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220; BORAWSKA 2023, p. 537-538) communem etc. et scripsimus desuper venerabili domino Achatius Trenck (†1551), in the 1530s one of Dantiscus’ friends and a supporter of his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; canon of Ermland (Warmia) from 1523; 1544–1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; its Dean from 1545; 1533–1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); capitular administrator of the Ermland bishopric in 1548 and 1550, appointed by the cathedral chapter after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)Achacio a TrenckaAchatius Trenck (†1551), in the 1530s one of Dantiscus’ friends and a supporter of his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; canon of Ermland (Warmia) from 1523; 1544–1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; its Dean from 1545; 1533–1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); capitular administrator of the Ermland bishopric in 1548 and 1550, appointed by the cathedral chapter after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256), confratri nostro carissimo atque in Allenstein (Olsztyn), city on the Łyna river in southern Ermland (Warmia), Allenstein castle was the seat of the administrator of the Ermland Chapter estateAllensteinAllenstein (Olsztyn), city on the Łyna river in southern Ermland (Warmia), Allenstein castle was the seat of the administrator of the Ermland Chapter estate administratori, ut cum primis argentum iuxta R written over VVRR written over Veverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae descriptionem numeret et Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitati cumprimis offerre laboret, ac etiam praeterea, si quid in rem nostram esse poterit, cum eadem Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra obsequiose nostro nomine conferat.

Quam aeterno Deo et nos eiusdem gratiae commendamus.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae officiosissimi Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)praelati, canonici et capitulum ecclesiae WarmiensisErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)