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Letter #4844

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1543-09-13

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. 532, p. 140-141 (Polish register)
2	Kopernik na Warmii No. 572, p. 519-520 (Polish register)
3	RC No. 508, p. 215 (English register)
4	NCG 6/1 No. 198, p. 365-366 (in extenso; German translation)

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

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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, Hans 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.

Quod Anna Schilling ⌊illaAnna Schilling ⌋, cui ditio nostra est interdicta, ad Fraternitates Vestras se contulerit quibuscumque etiam de causis, non admodum probamus, verendum enim est, ne, quibus modis dementavit 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)⌊illumNicolaus 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)⌋, qui paulo ante e vivis cessit, quempiam alium e Fraternitatibus Vestris occupet. Quod, si illi apud vestrates commorationem concedere statuerint, in Fraternitatum Vestrarum est arbitrio, satius tamen esse putaremus longius arcere, quam admittere eiusmodi pestis contagionem, quae quantum decori Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌊ecclesiae nostraeErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌋ obfuerit, Fraternitatibus Vestris non est incognitum.

Quas feliciter valere optamus.

Datae ex arce nostra Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, XIII Septembris M D XLIII.