Reverendissimo in Christo Patri, 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⌊IoanniIoannes 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⌋ Dei gratia episcopo Culmensi, fratri et amico carissimo ac honorando

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, frater et amice carissime ac honorande

Cum a Dominatione Vestra Reverendissima spem adventus ad me sui datam accepissem ex litterisque, quas ad me scripsit, cupere illam a me in episcopum consecrari cognovissem et adventum huc illius hilariter et cupide exspectavi et vestes ac ornamenta, futurae episcopali dignitati congrua, quae illi ipse muneris loco darem, parari feci. Nunc vero ex contrario litteris Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae, quod Kielce, town in south-central Poland, Małopolska, Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains⌊hucKielce, town in south-central Poland, Małopolska, Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains⌋ venire non posset, certior factus, doleo quidem me mea spe et exspectatione frustratum esse, sed non tanti profecto id facio, quod non venerit, quanti illud, quod propter damnum et incommodum ex cremata sua insigniori civitate susceptum venire non potuerit. Illud enim, quod ego de meo officio et animi gratitudine in Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam conferre et declarare debueram, manu vicaria reverendissimi domini Andrzej Krzycki (Andreas Cricius) (*1482 – †1537), humanist, neo-Latin poet, diplomat, correspondent of Erasmus of Rotterdam; in 1525 he took part in the negotiations leading to the secularisation of the state of the Teutonic Order; from 1504 Canon of Poznań (from 1511 Scholastic, from 1519 Provost); from 1512 Canon of Cracow, Scholastic of Płock, and secretary to the first wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon, Barbara Zápolya; 1515-1523 royal secretary; 1518-1530 Provost of the Chapter of St. Florian in Cracow; 1522-1525 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1525-1527 Bishop of Poznań; 1527-1535 Bishop of Płock; 1535-1537 Archbishop of Gniezno, Primate of Poland (PSB 15, p.544-549)⌊episcopi PlocensisAndrzej Krzycki (Andreas Cricius) (*1482 – †1537), humanist, neo-Latin poet, diplomat, correspondent of Erasmus of Rotterdam; in 1525 he took part in the negotiations leading to the secularisation of the state of the Teutonic Order; from 1504 Canon of Poznań (from 1511 Scholastic, from 1519 Provost); from 1512 Canon of Cracow, Scholastic of Płock, and secretary to the first wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon, Barbara Zápolya; 1515-1523 royal secretary; 1518-1530 Provost of the Chapter of St. Florian in Cracow; 1522-1525 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1525-1527 Bishop of Poznań; 1527-1535 Bishop of Płock; 1535-1537 Archbishop of Gniezno, Primate of Poland (PSB 15, p.544-549)⌋, nepotis mei carissimi et unico hoc meo nuntio suppleri potest. At hoc ignis incommodum et iactura, ultra hoc, quod recuperari haud facile potest, ad restaurandam civitatem sumptum exigit et magni laboris ac longi temporis molestia animum Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae proculdubio gravabit. Quod ego pro meo in illam animo et fraterna benevolentia vehementer doleo cupioque ex animo, ut haec sacra unctio, qua in proximo linietur signumque, quo in nomine Domini nostri Iesu Christi, salutis nostrae auctoris, signabitur, tantum illi et in animo fortitudinis et in corpore firmitatis augeat, quantum illa sibi maxime ad diu bene beateque vivendum optat et a Deo precatur.

Ceterum parata munera, quae ipse Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae, si Kielce, town in south-central Poland, Małopolska, Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains⌊hucKielce, town in south-central Poland, Małopolska, Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains⌋ venisset, reddere volui, per hunc nobilem adolescentem Rafał Konopacki (Raphael von Konopat) (*ca. 1510 – †ca. 1570), son of Jerzy Konopacki (Georg von Konopat) and Anna Peckau, younger brother of Jan Konopacki, Canon of Ermland; converted to Protestantism in the last years of his life; 1533-1537 courtier of Vice-Chancellor Piotr Tomicki, 1539-1547 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (nominated in 1537 by Queen Bona Sforza), 1547-1549 Chamberlain of Marienburg (Malbork), 1549-1551 Chamberlain of Kulm (Chełmno), 1551-1570 Castellan of Elbing (Elbląg) (SBPN 2, p. 438; NOWOSAD 2014, p. 74-80; SBKW, p. 121; KOPICZKO 2, p. 161)⌊Raphaelem ConopaczkiRafał Konopacki (Raphael von Konopat) (*ca. 1510 – †ca. 1570), son of Jerzy Konopacki (Georg von Konopat) and Anna Peckau, younger brother of Jan Konopacki, Canon of Ermland; converted to Protestantism in the last years of his life; 1533-1537 courtier of Vice-Chancellor Piotr Tomicki, 1539-1547 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (nominated in 1537 by Queen Bona Sforza), 1547-1549 Chamberlain of Marienburg (Malbork), 1549-1551 Chamberlain of Kulm (Chełmno), 1551-1570 Castellan of Elbing (Elbląg) (SBPN 2, p. 438; NOWOSAD 2014, p. 74-80; SBKW, p. 121; KOPICZKO 2, p. 161)⌋, servitorem meum, quando istic consecrari decrevit, illi mitto: crucem auream aurea catenula appensam, dalmaticas pro vestimento salutis et indumento laetitiae, supparum lineum candidum, quod vulgo rochetum seu camisum vocant, insigne episcopalis ordinis, vestis undulatae violacei coloris integram peciam, ex qua ad se pro dignitate pontificali amiciendum pallium fieri faciat. Quae omnia Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima pro sua in me humanitate grato suscipiat animo et non id quanti valeant, sed a quo animo sunt profecta, aestimare in illis velit.

Quod reliquum est, me amori et benevolentiae fraternae Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae commendo, quam sanam esse et felicissimam ex animo opto.

Datae in oppido meo Kielce, town in south-central Poland, Małopolska, Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains⌊KielceKielce, town in south-central Poland, Małopolska, Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains⌋, die festo Natalis Mariae anno Domini M-o D-o XXXIII-o.

Eiusdem Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis Piotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌊Petrus episcopus CracoviensisPiotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌋ et vicecancellarius subscripsit