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

1524

[3.] Ego videor iam esse in procinctu. Non satis tamen certus adhuc, quando sim iter ingressurus.6 Nuntiavi aliqua per Ioannem Marsupini7 fratris mei, quem his diebus dimisi. Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima, supplico, dignabitur in illis me habere com- 20 mendatum. Quam cupio felicissimam esse atque incolumem.

Buda, III1. Novembris 1524.

Eiusdem Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis

humilis servulus Stephanus Brodericus

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[4.] Negotium domini Quinqueecclesiensis,8 supplico humillime, iam tandem expediatur. Misimus his diebus novas litteras praesentationis. Illae aliae miror certe, quo devenerint. Si bene memini, dederam eas Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi, vel si apud me remanserant, sunt vel apud Egidium Zephirum9 sollicitatorem meum vel inter 30 reculas meas istic relictas. Quibus tamen ubicunque sint, iam non est opus istis aliis nuper missis.

On the outer side: Reverendissimo domino meo, domino Ioanni cardinali de Salviatis Regni Hungáriáé protectori etc., domino mihi semper observandissimo.

6 In fact, Brodarics could leave for Rome in February 1525 only.

7 Giovanni Marsupino, brother of Francesco Marsupino who worked as an administrator in Rome from 1518. He worked as an emissary of Szapolyai in Rome in the 1530s. See also the notes for the letter by Brodarics on 1 September 1522.

8 In theory, the bishopric of Pécs became vacant in 1522 when György Szatmári became Archbishop of Esztergom, and Louis II could appoint his successor. It was the King’s former envoy to Venice Fülöp Csulai Móré who had the prebend of Provost of Eger. In fact. Szatmári kept benefices of the bishopric until his death on 7 April 1524, so Csulai remained elected (electus) bishop. Papal confirmation became possible only after the death of Szatmári, and from Brodarics’ letter it seems it did not go smoothly either. That is why Brodarics asked for Salviati’s intervention. Some data suggest that it was unnecessary because Clement VII produced the bull that confirmed Csulai’s appointment on 26 October 1524. More on Csulai’s appointment as Bishop of Pécs: Fiídiílks Tamás, Egy Jagelló-kori humanista pályaképe. Csillái Móré Fülöp (1476/1477-1526), Levéltári Közlemények, 2007, 66-67.

9 Egidius Zephirus may be identical to the solicitator mentioned by the name of Egyed Római in a document in the Pannonhalma Abbey dated 10 September 1525. See: Erdiíiyi László (ed.), A Pannonhalmi Szent Benedek-rend története HL, Nr. 272.

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