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Reverendissimo in Christo Patri ac Domino, domino 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⌊Ioanni Dei et Apostolicae Sedis gratia ms. o(!) ⌈aa ms. o(!) ⌉ episcopo WarmiensiIoannes 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⌋, domino nostro gratioso

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater ac Domine colendissime.

Post humillimam orationum nostrarum in gratiam commendationem.

Suscepimus nuper ex Marienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat river, a branch of the Vistula at its delta, the capital of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309-1457), a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (1466-1772). Marienburg (taking turns with Graudenz (Grudziądz)) was the venue for the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)⌊MarienburgkMarienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat river, a branch of the Vistula at its delta, the capital of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309-1457), a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (1466-1772). Marienburg (taking turns with Graudenz (Grudziądz)) was the venue for the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)⌋ Vestram Reverendissimam Paternitatem prono animo petitionibus nostris annuisse. Quare praesentes monasterii nostri fratres, scilicet Fabianum in diaconatu existente ordinandum in praesbyterum, nec non Ioannem Iodocum et Adrianum ordinandos in acolitos, tandemque in subdiaconos scientiis competentes et ad officii ecclesiastici ministrationem (ut speramus) idoneos Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitati decrevimus commendare, humiliter supplicantes, ut Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra eosdem benigniter suscipere ac causa Dei et ob amorem religionis sanctae sacris ordinibus insignire dignetur.

Cuiusquidem beneficii mercedem Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra absque dubio a Deo Optimo Maximo (cui eandem Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram tempora per longissima feliciter committimus conservandam) est receptura.

Ex Oliwa (Oliva), village in northern Poland, Pomerania, NW of Gdańsk, 1186-1831 Cistercian abbey; nowadays within borders of Gdańsk⌊OlivaOliwa (Oliva), village in northern Poland, Pomerania, NW of Gdańsk, 1186-1831 Cistercian abbey; nowadays within borders of Gdańsk⌋, die Lunae, paenultima mensis Mai anno Domini 1547.

Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis humilis et devotus orator, frater Adrianus, abbot of Cistercian monastery in Oliwa (†1549), 1540-1542 Prior of the Cistercian monastery in Oliwa; 1545-1549 - Abbot (AZK, p. 215-216; MPH, VI, p. 382; AMO, p. 1)⌊Adrianus monasterii Olivensis abbasAdrianus, abbot of Cistercian monastery in Oliwa (†1549), 1540-1542 Prior of the Cistercian monastery in Oliwa; 1545-1549 - Abbot (AZK, p. 215-216; MPH, VI, p. 382; AMO, p. 1)⌋ indignus