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

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patronos, Gibertum3 et Campanum,4 suum denique pontificem maximum,5 qui eum adeo humaniter suscepit. Viam certe vorabit, si sapiet, cum classicum defessi Martis conticescet. Speramus enim parta pace Clementem restitutum sibi, camoenas esse respecturum. Tu vero, Brodarice, eum nostra quoque de causa hominem tibi mihique io ob ingenii suavitatem conjunctissimum Iiberaliter complexu hilariore suscipies. Vale. Ex Urbe quarto Idus lanuarii MDXXVI.

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Georg Sauermann' to István Brodarics Rome, 11 January 1526

Manuscript used: [Original is lost]

Published: Gcorgi LOGI SlLLSll, Ad inclytum regem Ferdinandum hendecasyllabi, elegiae et epigrammata, Viennae, mense Maio 1529. Excudebat Hieronymus Vietor, Stephaniis Hhgedüs, Analecta recentiora...,

Budapestini, 1906, 272-273.

/. He sends this letter via Logus who is returning home in order to show Brodarics that he is not forgotten in Rome. Letters by Giovio and Marsupino bear witness to that. - 2. He thanks Brodarics'services and all he did for Logus and himself while in Rome, and asks him to say a few words to King Louis on his behalf

Georgius Sauromannus Silesius Stephano Broderico salutem.

[I.] Nolui committere, Clarissime Broderice, ob institutam nuper illam, saneque arctissimam necessitudinem, quae nos perpetuo quodam nexu coniunxit, quin aliquid litterarum Georgio Logo1 2 utriusque nostrum amantissimo ad vos redeunti darem, ut tibi 5 vel inde, tametsi longo admodum terrarum intervallo disiuncti sumus, liqueret, quod penitus te ex animo conplecti coeperim, quamque interim tui memores fuerimus, dum

' Gian Matteo Giberti (1495-1543), Humanist. Bishop of Verona, member of the Roman Academy. One of the first important proponents of renewal within the Catholic Church. After several years of service at the High Court, he withdrew to his diocese in 1527, where he introduced strict rules to reform the lives of priests, monks, and canons. Logau thanked the patronage of Giberti by writing several poems to him. More on Giberti’s activities: Ludwig von Pastor, Geschichte der Piipste, vol. 4, Freiburg, 1956, 609-620.

4 Bishop of Capua Nicolaus von Schönberg also supported Logau, and the poet expressed his gratitude by writing a poem to him.

5 Pope Clement VII.

1 Georg Sauermann (Georgius Sauromannus Silesius) (7-1527), Humanist of Silesian origin. Outstanding orator and witty speech-writer. One of the favourite Humanists at the Academy in Rome and of Popes Leo, Hadrian, and Clement. One of the executives of Charles V in Rome. He loses everything during Sacco di Roma, and the plague that follows the siege takes him. His letter to Brodarics shows how good relationships Brodarics had with Humanists of the Academy. More on Sauermann: Gustav Bauch, Ritter Georg Sauermann der erste adelige Vorfahr der Gráfén Saurma-Jeltsch, Zcitschrift des Vereins fur die Geschichte und Alterthums Schlesien, 1885, 146-181., and 1904, 334-336.

2 On Georgius Logus see the notes for the previous letter.

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