CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #2861

Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Vilnius, 1545-08-26

received Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1545-09-13

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 1618, p. 63-66 (17-20)

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BCz, 1618, p. 20

Reverendo in Christo Patri, Domino 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⌊Ioanni episcopo VarmiensiIoannes 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⌋ sincere nobis dilecto

BCz, 1618, p. 17

Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌊Sigismundus AugustusSigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌋ Dei gratia rex Poloniae magnus dux Lithvaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masouiae etc. dominus et heres

Reverende in Christo Pater sincere nobis dilecte.

Jerzy Pisiński ⌊Georgium PissiniczkiJerzy Pisiński ⌋ servitorem nostrum Paterninati Vestrae commendamus cupimusque, ut, ubi opus fuerit, eum opera sua adiuvet vel nostra causa. Rem nobis factura gratam gratia nostra referendam.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ Vilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, on the Vilnia river, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌊VilnaeVilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, on the Vilnia river, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌋, XXVI mensis Augusti Anno Domini M-o D-o XXLV-o

Ex comissione serenissimae Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌊maiestatis regiaeSigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌋ priopria