Copernicus to Bishop Ferber
Frombork, 27 July 1531
18th century copy: Czartoryski Library, Kraków, manuscript 284, p. 169.
Nicholas Copernicus (Nicolaus Copernicus) explains to Maurice Ferber, Bishop of Varmia, in connection with the received rebuke, that this woman was not, due to his advice, married, but she only served in the house of her husband; he, thus, led to this that she could live together with her husband. However, because she complained of the violence of her husband, the matter was examined in court before the late Dean, the nephew of the Bishop [i.e., John Ferber, d. 1530], next before the Custodian, Tiedemann Giese; it is not known with whose understanding the couple were divorced. Not long ago, while returning from the Koenigsberg fair with her housekeeper from Elbląg (Elbing), she remained in Copernicus' house until the next day. Because this has caused a bad opinion about him, he will try to avoid similar suspicions in the future.
Further reading
- Biskup M., Regesta Copernicana (Wrocław, 1973).
- Nicholas Copernicus Minor Works (Warsaw-Cracow, 1985).
