Translation / modern text
Gregory, bishop, servant of the servants of God, to our beloved sons, all [...] vassals of the Church of Lviv, greetings and apostolic blessing.
Today, the Church of Lviv, being deprived of the comfort of a pastor due to the death of Jan, Archbishop of Lviv, of holy memory, who died outside the Roman Curia, we have provided, with the counsel of our brothers [the cardinals] and by apostolic authority, with the person of our beloved son Jan Dymitr, Archbishop-elect of Lviv, dear to us and our brothers due to the requirements of his merits, and we have established him as archbishop and pastor over it, entrusting to him fully the care and administration of the said church in spiritual and temporal matters, as is more fully contained in our letters drawn up for this purpose. Therefore, we command your community by apostolic letter that, receiving the said Jan Dymitr, the elect, with devotion and surrounding him with due reverence, you strive to show him fully the fidelity due and the customary duties and rights belonging to him from you. Otherwise, the sentence or penalty which the said Jan Dymitr, the elect, shall lawfully issue or establish against the disobedient, we shall deem valid and, with God's help, shall cause to be observed inviolably until worthy satisfaction is made.
Given in Rome at St. Peter's, in the year of the Lord's Incarnation one thousand five hundred and eighty-three, on the fifth day before the Kalends of April [March 28, 1583], in the eleventh year of our pontificate.
[In the left margin:]
April
[Taxator / registrar mark:] IIII. 88.
Jo[annes] Glorierius
H. Cimin[us]
[On the plica:]
[On the left:] Jo[annes] Bapt[ist]a de [...]
A. de S[anct]o Petro
[In the center:] M. A. Scalupius (?)
Jo[annes] Wolfr[annus?]
Q. Alfonzi
[On the right:] F. Perterius
[Seal:] [Lead bull of Gregory XIII suspended on a hemp cord; obverse: heads of St. Peter and St. Paul and the letters: SPA SPE; reverse: GREGORIVS / PAPA / XIII]
[Verso:]
[Large curial paraph]
[Chancery note from the 16th/17th century:] Bull of Pope Gregory XIII issued in favor of Jan Dymitr, Archbishop-elect of Lviv, after the death of Jan. Year 1583.
[Signatures:] Bundle 23, volume 1.
[Archival label:] L. XXII / 19.
Original wording — transcription
Gregorius ep[iscop]us s[erv]us s[e]rvor[um] Dei Dilectis filijs Universis [...] vassallis eccl[esi]e Leopolien[sis] Sal[u]t[em] et ap[osto]licam ben[edictionem]. Hodie eccl[esi]e Leopolien[si] tunc per obitum bone memorie Joannis Archiep[iscop]i Leopolien[sis] extra Romanam curiam defuncti pastoris solatio destitute de persona dilecti filij Joannis Demetrij Electi Leopolien[sis] nobis et f[rat]ribus n[ost]ris ob suor[um] exigentiam meritor[um] accepta de eor[un]dem f[rat]rum c[on]silio ap[ostoli]ca auct[orita]te providimus ip[su]mq[ue] illi in Archiep[iscop]um prefecimus et pastorem curam et administra[ti]onem d[i]c[t]e eccl[esi]e sibi in sp[irit]ualib[us] et temporalib[us] plenarie comittendo prout in n[ost]ris inde confectis l[itte]ris plenius continetur. Quocirca Universitati v[est]re per ap[ostoli]ca scripta mandamus quatenus eundem Joannem Demetrium Electum devote suscipientes et debita honorificentia prosequentes ei fidelitatem debitam et consueta servitia et jura sibi a vobis debita exhibere integre studeatis. Alioquin sententiam sive penam quam idem Joannes Demetrius Electus rite tulerit seu statuerit in rebelles ratam habebimus et faciemus auctore D[omi]no usq[ue] ad satisfactionem condignam inviolabiliter observari.
Dat[um] Rome apud S[an]c[tu]mpetrum, Anno Incarna[ti]o[n]is Dominice Millesimoquingentesimooctuagesimotertio, Quinto Kal[endas] Aprilis, Pont[ifica]tus n[ost]ri Anno Undecimo.
[W lewym marginesie:]
Apr[ilis]
[Znak taksatora / rejestratora:] IIII. 88.
Jo[annes] Glorierius
H. Cimin[us]
[Na plice:]
[Z lewej:] Jo[annes] Bapt[ist]a de [...]
A. de S[anct]o Petro
[Pośrodku:] M. A. Scalupius (?)
Jo[annes] Wolfr[annus?]
Q. Alfonzi
[Z prawej:] F. Perterius
[Pieczęć:] [Bulla ołowiana Grzegorza XIII zawieszona na sznurze konopnym; awers: głowy św. Piotra i Pawła oraz litery: SPA SPE; rewers: GREGORIVS / PAPA / XIII]
[Verso:]
[Wielka parafa kurialna]
[Nota kancelaryjna z XVI/XVII w.:] Bulla Gregorij Papae XIII favore Joannis Demetrij Electi Archiep[iscop]i Leopolien[sis] post obitum Joannis expedita. Anno 1583.
[Sygnatury:] Fasc. 23 Vol. 1.
[Etykieta archiwalna:] L. XXII / 19.
Reading notes
Papal bull of Gregory XIII notifying the vassals of the Archdiocese of Lviv of the provision of Jan Dymitr Solikowski to the Archbishopric of Lviv, vacant after the death of Archbishop Jan Sienieński. Parchment with losses and tears on the left side of the text, not critically affecting the continuity of the text (parchment damaged in places by insects or rodents). Original lead papal bull preserved on a hemp cord. Photo 2 shows the document with the plica folded, photo 3 with the plica unfolded.
