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Letter #4842

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Cracow (Kraków), 1543-05-16

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1a, K. 497

Prints:

1	SIKORSKI 1968 No. 521b, p. 137 (Polish register)
2	Kopernik na Warmii No. 561, p. 517 (Polish register)
3	RC No. 497, p. 211 (English register)
4	NCG 6/1 No. 191, p. 354-355 (in extenso; German translation)
5	BONK 1912 No. 95, p. 187-188 (in extenso; German register)

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GStA PK, HBA, C 1a, K. 497, p. 2unnumbered

Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊Venerabilibus Dominis Praelatis, Canonicis et Capitulo ecclesiae nostrae VarmiensisErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋, fratribus sincere nobis dilectis.

GStA PK, HBA, C 1a, K. 497, p. 1unnumbered

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⌊Ioannes, Dei gratia episcopus VarmiensisIoannes 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⌋

Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Accepimus Fraternitates Vestras diplomata vidisse apostolica, quibus venerabili domino Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)⌊Nicolao CoppernickNicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)⌋, canonico Varmiensi, fratri sincere nobis dilecto, admissus est in coadiutorem honestus Jan Loitz (Loisse, Lewsze) (*1531), cousin of Nicolaus Copernicus; 1543-1562 Ermland Canon (SBKW, p. 153)⌊Ioannes LeusseJan Loitz (Loisse, Lewsze) (*1531), cousin of Nicolaus Copernicus; 1543-1562 Ermland Canon (SBKW, p. 153)⌋, quem et nos accedentibus votis Fraternitatum Vestrarum praesente hoc nostro suffragio, quantum de iure licet, admittimus et a Fraternitatibus Vestris admitti postulamus. Quae feliciter valeant.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaeCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋, XVI Maii MDXLIII.