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Letter #3906

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Stephanus TOBIE?]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1543-11-09

English register: Ioannes Dantiscus, through a servant of the Bishop of Kulm [Tiedemann Giese], sends the friars 8 Marks as alms, to be used to buy a barrel of herring to feed the friars during Advent. He asks the addressee and his fellow friars to pray for him and his deceased near and dear; he sends special greetings to the addressee’s predecessor, Friar Petrus.


Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 7, f. 15r (t.p.)

 

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Religiose Frater in Christo nobis dilecte.

Mittimus vobis in elemosinam per hunc reverendissimi domini Tiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌊Culmensis episcopiTiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌋ puerum consignatas marcas octo, ut vas piscium, quos alec vocant, pro instante Adventu in usum et victum The Franciscans (Order of Friars Minor Conventual) ⌊fratrumThe Franciscans (Order of Friars Minor Conventual) ⌋ habere possitis. Pro qua parva benevolentiae nostrae significatione, nihil aliud a vobis petimus, quam ut dominum Deum pro nobis, proque animabus fidelibus defunctis, quibus nos debitores sumus, orare non desinatis.

Bene valete et praedecessorem vestrum Petrus, monk in Kulm diocese ⌊fratrem PetrumPetrus, monk in Kulm diocese ⌋ fratresque omnes nostro more salutabitis.