Copernicus to Bishop Dantiscus
Frombork, 11 January 1539
Original: lost.
17th century copy: The Jagellonian Library, Kraków, sign. 311204-311205, p. 3 (a copy of John Brożek from 1618).
Nicholas Copernicus (Nicolaus Copernicus) informs John Dantiscus, Bishop of Varmia, that he has done what he shouldn't and could not overlook under any circumstances [i.e. he dismissed his housekeeper, Ann Schilling], and he thinks that he has complied with the wishes or the Bishop. In reply to his question, he explains that Lucas Watzenrode, a predecessor or Dantiscus and Copernicus' Uncle, lived 64 years and 5 months, he remained a Bishop for 23 years, and died on March 30, 1512. A line of the family died out with him, and there are still his monuments in Toruń.
Further reading
- Further reading: Biskup M., Regesta Copernicana (Wrocław, 1973).
- Nicholas Copernicus Minor Works (Warsaw-Cracow, 1985).
