Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)

1533

214 Manuscript used: HHStA, Ung. Akt. Fasc. 23. Konv. C, fol. 92. /. The Pope returned to Rome from Marseille on JO December, where he performed the wedding of Cather­ine de' Medici and Henri, second-born son of Francis. Hot much is known about his talks with the French King but they parted in a very cordial way. - 2. He is providing news on various high priests in Italy. - 3. He and Francesco Marsupino, who is staying in Tivoli, are waiting for the news on Hungarian affairs. He does not write to Pál Szondi because the latter must already be on his way. Giovanni Marsupino to István Brodarics Rome, 14 December 1533 Reverendissime Domine, Domine Observandissime. Supplici commendatione praemissa. [1.] Alii X del presente mese scrissi alia Maesta del Re' per la via di Venetia, che il Papa era tornato a Roma salvo et sano, et duplicai le lettere, hor perché le lettere vanno perdute, me parse replicarle. Fui poi con Sua Beatitudine, bascai il piede, et Sua Santitá 5 si truova sana et ben disposta. Fu la venuta sua tanto pid cara, quanto manco era creduta. Quel che habi fatto col Re di Francia, non sapiamo,1 2 perché tanto segreto vanno le cose et sonno irte, che nulla s’ha possuto intendere. Vero é che delle cose publiche, penso et tengő certo, non si sia pariato. 11 Papa ha maritato la sua nipote al secondogenito dei Re con grandissima pompa,3 II Re ha fatto grandissime carezze al io Papa, sonnosi partiti con molta satisfactione et contentezza. Caesare non s’hé[l] con- tentato molto di questo abboccamento. Il Vostro oratore ha scritto qua haver fatto bene tutte le facende dei Re, lui é restato amalato in Franccia[!].4 [2.] Qui si dice che monsignor di Verona é stato amazzato di 200 pugnalate dalli preti et canonici di Verona.5 Capua6 hor é grande, poiché Jacopo Salviati é morto.7 Il Iovio8 1 See HHStA, Ung. Akt. Fasc. 23. Konv. C, fol. 79-80. 2 See the notes for Marsupino's letter on 4 December. 3 The Pope performed the wedding of Catherine de’ Medici and Prince Henri of Orléans in Marseille, 4 See notes on this the letter by Francesco Casali on 18 November. 5 Gian Matteo Giberti (1495-1543), Bishop of Verona, one of the first significant advocates of renewal within the Catholic Church. After several years of service at the Curia, he withdrew to his diocese in 1527 and introduced strict rales in order to reform the lives of priests, monks, and canons. During this, he had several conflicts with members of his own chapter but we have no knowledge of any direct threat of his life. The 200(!) stabs with a knife, mentioned in the letter, must be taken as figurative speech meaning that his canons were trying to make his position untenable. In a few days, in his letter dated 18 December, Mar- supino himself is less certain: first he repeats the news that the bishop has been murdered, but after a few lines he refutes it. For more on Giberti’s activities, see Ludwig von Pastor, Geschichte der Papste, voi. 4, Freiburg, 1956, 609-620. 6 Nicolaus von Schönberg. 7 Jacopo Salviati, politician of Florentine origin, husband of Lucrezia de' Medici, father of Arch­bishop Giovanni Salviati, one of the closest confidants of the Pope. He died on 6 September 1533, before Clement Vll left. See: Ludwig von Pastor, Geschichte der Papste, vol. 4, Freiburg, 1956, 478. 8 Paolo Giovio. 400

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