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Letter #2710

Johann TYMMERMANN to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1544-03-26
            received Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1544-03-27

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 1599, p. 407-410

 

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BCz, 1599, p. 407

obsequiorum meorum exhibitionem.

Reverendissime Domine, domine colendissime et gratiose.

Venerabilis dominus Georg Donner (†1544), close friend of Nicolaus Copernicus, supporter of his theories, and executor of the astronomer’s testament; 1527 city clerk in Gdańsk (Danzig); 1529 parish priest of St Catherine’s Church; 1540 canon and Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter (SBKW, p. 46-47; KOPICZKO 2, s. 56)Georgius DonnerGeorg Donner (†1544), close friend of Nicolaus Copernicus, supporter of his theories, and executor of the astronomer’s testament; 1527 city clerk in Gdańsk (Danzig); 1529 parish priest of St Catherine’s Church; 1540 canon and Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter (SBKW, p. 46-47; KOPICZKO 2, s. 56) nocte proxima mortuus est, cuius anima in pace quiescat, mense quidem apostolico, sed dominus Olavus, a quo praebendam habuit, ad eandem habet regressum, qui aequiparatur coadiutoriae praeferturque quibuscumque gratiis.

Rogo, Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra dignetur consensum suum praestare in dandam possessionem titulo huiusmodi regressus venerabili domino Kaspar Hannau (Gasparus Hannovius, Kacper Hannow) (*1519 – †1571), Dantiscus’ nephew, son of Anna; doctor of both laws; friend of Marcin Kromer, later Bishop of Ermland (Warmia); his studies in Cracow (1536–1538) and Rome (1539–1548) were financed by his uncle; from 1545 Canon of Ermland and Dean of the Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; from 1547 Canon of Włocławek (ORACKI 1984, p. 84; KOPICZKO 2, p. 108-109)Gasperi HannovioKaspar Hannau (Gasparus Hannovius, Kacper Hannow) (*1519 – †1571), Dantiscus’ nephew, son of Anna; doctor of both laws; friend of Marcin Kromer, later Bishop of Ermland (Warmia); his studies in Cracow (1536–1538) and Rome (1539–1548) were financed by his uncle; from 1545 Canon of Ermland and Dean of the Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; from 1547 Canon of Włocławek (ORACKI 1984, p. 84; KOPICZKO 2, p. 108-109), Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae nepoti, ut quantocius id fiat, mea hic non deerit opera.

Commendo me obsequiose Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae. Quam misericors Deus quam diutissi{i}me servet incolumem, humillime precor.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae obsequentissimus Johann Tymmermann (Johann Zimmermann) (*1492 – †1564), nephew of Mauritius Ferber, Bishop of Ermland (Warmia); studied in Cracow (1505) and Rome (1517); 1519–1564 Canon of Ermland; 1525–1528 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn), and in 1538 in Frauenburg (Frombork); 1527–1539 Cantor of Ermland; 1537 capitular administrator of the bishopric of Ermland after Mauritius Ferber’s death; 1539–1552 Custos of Ermland; 1547–1552 Vicar General of the diocese of Ermland (SBKW, p. 261; KOPICZKO 2, p. 336)Ioannes TymmermanJohann Tymmermann (Johann Zimmermann) (*1492 – †1564), nephew of Mauritius Ferber, Bishop of Ermland (Warmia); studied in Cracow (1505) and Rome (1517); 1519–1564 Canon of Ermland; 1525–1528 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn), and in 1538 in Frauenburg (Frombork); 1527–1539 Cantor of Ermland; 1537 capitular administrator of the bishopric of Ermland after Mauritius Ferber’s death; 1539–1552 Custos of Ermland; 1547–1552 Vicar General of the diocese of Ermland (SBKW, p. 261; KOPICZKO 2, p. 336)