Copernicus to Bishop Dantiscus
Frombork, 3 March 1539
Original: Czartoryski Library, Kraków, manuscript 307, pp. 123-124.
Nicholas Copernicus (Nicolaus Copernicus) informs John Dantiscus, Bishop of Varmia, that yesterday Felix Reich, Custodian and Canon of Varmia, was buried. Copernicus took over for Raphael Konopacki as his attorney the vacated Canonship and prebend in agreement with the Papal recommendation and the nomination letter [i.e. the presentation letter] of the Queen of Poland, Bona. He asks that the Bishop give his permission and notify the Chapter that the vacated prebend was given to it or to Copernicus, as attorney, by what deed he will satisfy the Papal passage, and the voivode of Pomerania George Konopacki, his son Raphael, and Copernicus will receive a special favour from the Bishop.
Further reading
- Further reading: Biskup M., Regesta Copernicana (Wrocław, 1973).
- Nicholas Copernicus Minor Works (Warsaw-Cracow, 1985).