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Letter #5155

Caspar AGNICULUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
[Braunsberg (Braniewo)], 1539-09-17

English register: Caspar Agniculus, guardian of the convent of [Conventual] Franciscans in Braniewo, asks Dantiscus to ordain his fellow friar Albertus.


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, AAWO, AB, D. 68, f. 290

 

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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 ErmlandIoanni Divina providentia Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal PrussiaWarmiensis ecclesiaeErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia praesuliIoannes 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 meritissimo, frater Caspar Agniculus guardian of the Franciscan monastery in BraunsbergCaspar AgniculusCaspar Agniculus guardian of the Franciscan monastery in Braunsberg, fratrum minorum in Braunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic LeagueBrawnßbergBraunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League guardianus immeritus, observantiam debitam cum suffragio orationum.

Cum apostolicarum sanctionum instituto The Franciscans (Order of Friars Minor Conventual) ordinis nostriThe Franciscans (Order of Friars Minor Conventual) fratres ad sacros ordines idoneos ad capessendum eos, quibusvis reverendissimis ordinariis commendare concessum sit, et quia iampridem Vestrae Gratiosae Paternitati <s> humanit <at> em atque benevolentiam patronam(!) religio nostra experta sit, ea ex re sumpta fiducia per patres conventus mihi concrediti, tamquam idoneum promotum praesentium exhibitorem sacris ordinibus insigniendum, Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae offero humiliter commendatumque facio efflagitans obnixeque orans, dicto fratri, videlicet fratri Albertus, Franciscan monk AlbertoAlbertus, Franciscan monk , sacerdotii ordinem paterne ac gratiose conferre dignetur.

In cuius erga nos beneficiis ac humanitatis recognitionem et gratitudinem me totum omnesque fratres mihi concreditos reddo obnoxios, pro Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis ecclesiaeque commissae felici statu atque in longum proroganda vita apud Altissimum sedule exoraturos.

Cuius pietati et clementiae Vestram Reverendissimam Paternitatem et iam iam commendatam facio.

Officii mei sub sigillo inferius subimpresso