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Letter #878

Mauritius FERBER to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1532-12-26


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, address in the hand of secretary, AAWO, AB, D. 8, f. 3 + f. [1] missed in numbering after f. 3

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8247 (TK 9), f. 190

 

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AAWO, AB, D.8, f. 3r

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, amice et frater observan(de).

Cum sui recommendatione longaevam in Domino prosperitatem et salutem.

Quid Alexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)Alexander ScultetiAlexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220), canonicus ecclesiae meae, a Vestra Reverendissima Dominatione ex iure suo quaerit, Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio ex ipsius litteris praesentibus inclusis intelliget, an autem ii canonicatus et praebenda per familiaritatem quondam Albert Bischoff (†1529), Ermland canonAlbertiAlbert Bischoff (†1529), Ermland canon ita efficaciter sunt reservati, ut ipse asserit, me fugit. Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici) (*1478 – †1534), 1523-1534 PopePapamClement VII (Giulio de' Medici) (*1478 – †1534), 1523-1534 Pope tamen omnia in beneficiis posse et d... illegible...... illegible datam variare, anticipare et postponere. Meo malo litigando id aliquando expertus sum. Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio ante executionem citationis meo iudicio nihil habeat vereri et credo, quod etiam eam exsequi non audeat, ne etiam hoc temptet minusque cogitet, Alexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)illiAlexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220) persuasimus. Nam ius Alexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)eiusAlexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220) non esset plane ita perspicuum quemadmodum sibi persuadeat, nec nostra hoc tempore iustitia et tranquillitas a Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici) (*1478 – †1534), 1523-1534 PopepapaClement VII (Giulio de' Medici) (*1478 – †1534), 1523-1534 Pope, sed Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of AustriaregeSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria, petenda et sollicitanda esset etc. Si id grave Vestrae Reverendissimae Domiantioni non esset, cuperem, quo mihi mitteret exemplar provisionis suae, ut inde me written over l(?)l(?)ee written over l(?) aliquantulum de iure ipsius resolvere valere written over aarere written over am. Nam hoc certum est quondam Albert Bischoff (†1529), Ermland canonAlbertumAlbert Bischoff (†1529), Ermland canon mense ordinario decessisse.

AAWO, AB, D.8, f. 3v

Si Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio proficisci in Petercoviensem Diet of Poland conventumDiet of Poland statuerit, rogo quatenus mihi id per praesentem meum puerum ac diem exitus sui et a quo loco significare dignetur. Cetera ex litteris, quas co(mmun)iter or co(mi)iterco(mmun)iterco(mmun)iter or co(mi)iter ad dominos consiliarios direxi, Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio, quam ad Nestorea saecula cum incremento honoris et dignitatis felicissime valere cupio, intelliget.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae bonus frater Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)Mauritius episcopus VarmiensisMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60) scripsit