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Letter #1777

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Tomasz SOBOCKI
Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16

English register: Dantiscus learned from Dietrich von Rheden’s letter of Sobocki’s zeal on the matter of the Warmia coadjutorship. He thanks Sobocki for his efforts and hopes he can repay him.


Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, BCz, 244, p. 303 (t.p.)

Prints:
1CEID 1/1 No. 74, p. 329 (in extenso; English register)

 

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Generose Domine, amice carissime. Salutem et felicitatem.

Scripsit mihi procurator meus ex Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊urbeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋ venerabilis dominus Dietrich von Rheden (Teodoryk Reden) (*1492 – †1556), doctor of both canon and civil law. Rheden spent most of his life in Rome where he was dealing with, among other things, the affairs of the Ermland Chapter; 1532-1551 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); Canon of Mainz and Lübeck; in 1551 he was appointed Bishop of Lübeck, but he did not accept the dignity (KOPICZKO 2, p. 263; SBKW, p. 200)⌊Theodericus de RhedenDietrich von Rheden (Teodoryk Reden) (*1492 – †1556), doctor of both canon and civil law. Rheden spent most of his life in Rome where he was dealing with, among other things, the affairs of the Ermland Chapter; 1532-1551 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); Canon of Mainz and Lübeck; in 1551 he was appointed Bishop of Lübeck, but he did not accept the dignity (KOPICZKO 2, p. 263; SBKW, p. 200)⌋ studium et operam Dominationis Vestrae, quam Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊RomaeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋ in expeditione coadiutoriae meae impendit, quod ex singulari sua virtute et humanitate Dominatio Vestra fecerit, rebusque meis, qui nihil de DominationeVestra sum benemeritus, faverit. Plurimum me Dominationi Vestrae debere fateor, cui ob eam in me benevolentiam multas habeo gratias, aliquando etiam, ubi sic res tulerit, relaturus Dominationi Vestrae. Quam felicissime valere cupio.