Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)
1538
293 Antal Verancsics1 to István Brodarics Segesvár, 14 February 1538 Manuscript used: OSZK, Kt. 1681. föl. lat. 3v~4v. Published: Szalay László (cd.), Verancsics Antal összes munkái VI. Vegyes levelek 153H-1549. Pest, I860, 6. Verancsics lets Brodarics know that the reason for him to not write as often as the filial respect that he feels towards Brodarics would require is that he has no significant news and he feels it would be unworthy to relay plain gossip or rumours. Antonius Wrancius Stephano Broderico Vaciensi episcopo salutem. Tametsi deberem crebriores ad te dare litteras, Praesul Optime et de me saepe benemerite, quem filiali ac vigilantissima observantia prosequor et colo, ut ex me quoque nonnihil eorum intclligere posses, quae nunc in aulam quaeque dies afferat. 5 Tamen cum ego nonnisi vulgaria, et quae in triviis circumferuntur, id temporis habeam, quibus certe indignum esset aures tuas offendi, per me potissimum, minus multa ac non ita saepe scribo, cum alioqui Te tum regiis, tum multorum aliorum litteris, ad quos res alicuius ponderis perveniant, quotidie certiorem fieri non dubitem. More itaque solito salutem tibi a Deo Optimo Maximo et omnem optatum statum io cum felicitate, annosque quain longissimos, verum quoad taedium non afferant, precabor. Meam deinde operam, studium ac servitutem propensissimo animo, dudum alioqui tibi addictam offero et commendo, quae quidem in hac parte omni libertate mihi carior est, cum illa uteris. Ea ut saepe uti non dedigneris, oro obsecroque plus quam vehementer. Vale. is Segesvarii XVI. Kal. Martii 1538. 1 Antal Verancsics (Antiin VranCic, 1504-1573), Humanist, high priest, historian of Dalmatian origin, nephew of János Statileo. Studied in Trail and Sebenico. Later, financed by the benefices of being Canon of Scardona, he entered the University of Padua, where he earned Magister degree in 1526. In the 1530s, he acts as a diplomat for Szapolyai using his excellent knowledge of Latin and Italian. He joins Ferdinand in 1549 and his ecclesiastic career gains momentum. Canon of Eger from 1550, Bishop of Pécs from 1553, of Eger from 1557. Archbishop of Esztergom from 1569 until his death. A few days prior to his death the Pope appoints him Cardinal. A prominent figure of the Counter-Reformation in Hungary. His work as a historian and collector of manuscripts is outstanding. In greater detail on his life and work as a historian, see Sörös Pongrác, Verancsics Antal élete, Esztergom, 1898; Josip Torbarina, Antim Vranőic, Zagreb, 1969; Bar- TONiiiK Emma, Fejezetek a XV1-XVH. századi mag)’arországi történetírás történetéből, Budapest, 1975. 517
