Bull of Pope Gregory XIII to the people of Lviv regarding the appointment of Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski

GREGORY Gregory, Bishop, Servant of the Servants of God, to our beloved sons, the people of the city and diocese of Lviv, greetings and apostolic blessing. Today, we have provided for the Church of Lviv, which was then deprived of the comfort of a shepherd due to the death of Jan, Archbishop of Lviv, of holy memory, who passed away outside the Roman Curia, by our apostolic authority and with the counsel of our brothers, in the person of our beloved son Jan Dymitr, Archbishop-elect of Lviv, who is dear to us and our brothers because of his merits. We have established him as its archbishop and shepherd, entrusting to him full care and administration of the said church in spiritual and temporal matters, as is more narrowly expressed in our letters drawn up for this purpose. Therefore, we admonish and earnestly encourage your entire community, commanding you by apostolic letter, that you receive this same Jan Dymitr, the elect, piously as a father and shepherd of your souls, surrounding him with due reverence, and that you be humbly obedient to his salutary admonitions and commands; so that Jan Dymitr, the elect, may rejoice that he has found in you sons of devotion, and you in him, in turn, a benevolent father. Given in Rome at Saint 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. [On the plica on the right, a decorative monogram/letters and an inscription:] ... on the outside . [Below the plica, signatures and chancery notes:] [On the left:] April [...] Giovanni Battista de Alexijs A. from [the basilica of] St. Peter [In the center:] M. A. Sadupius [?] A[ntonio?], protonotary [...] P. Alfons [Seal:] [Lead bull on a hemp cord; obverse:] SPA SPE [images of St. Paul and St. Peter separated by a cross]; [reverse:] GREGORY POPE XIII [Verso:] [Ink stamp:] ARCHIVE OF ANCIENT ACTS OF THE CITY OF LVIV [Archival note:] 4. For the archbishopric of the venerable Lord Jan Dymitr Solikowski in the year 1583. [Other chancery notes, including:] Justus / [...] / No. 7 A[...]

GREGORIVS [G]regorius ep[is]c[o]p[u]s s[e]rvus s[e]rvor[um] Dei Dilectis filiis Populo Civitatis et dioec[esis] 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 Roman[am] Curiam defuncti Pastoris solatio destitute de persona dilecti filij Joannisdemetrij Electi Leopolien[sis] nobis et f[rat]ribus n[ost]ris ob suor[um] exigentiam meritor[um] accepta de eorundem f[rat]rum consilio ap[ostoli]ca auct[oritati]e providimus Ipsumq[ue] illi in Archiep[iscop]um prefecimus et Pastorem curam et administra/ tionem d[i]c[t]e eccl[esi]e sibi in spiritualib[us] et temporalib[us] plenarie comittendo prout in n[ost]ris inde con//fectis l[itte]ris plenius continetur. Quocirca vniversitatem v[est]ram monem[us] et hortamur attete vobis per ap[osto]lica scripta mandantes quatenus eundem Joannemdemetrium Electum tanq[uam] p[at]rem et Pastorem a[n]i[m]a[rum] v[est]rar[um] devote suscipientes ac debita honorificentia prosequentes eius moni/ tis et mandatis salubribus humiliter intendatis Itaq[ue] ip[s]e Joannesdemetrius Electus in vobis devotionis filios et vos in eo per consequens p[at]rem benevolum invenisse gaudeatis. Dat[um] Rome apud S[an]ctum Petrum, Anno Incarnationis d[omi]nice Millesimoquingentesimoctuagesimotertio, Quinto K[a]l[endas] Aprilis, Pontificatus n[ost]ri Anno Vndecimo. [Na plisie po prawej ozdobny monogram/litery oraz zapis:] ... exterius . [Pod plisą podpisy i noty kancelaryjne:] [Po lewej:] Apr. [...] Jo: bapta d Alexijs A. des. Petri [Pośrodku:] M. A. Sadupius [?] A protonot[arius] [...] P. Alfons[us] [Pieczęć:] [Bulla ołowiana na sznurze konopnym; awers:] SPA SPE [wizerunki św. Pawła i św. Piotra rozdzielone krzyżem]; [rewers:] GREGORIVS PAPA XIII [Verso:] [Stempel tuszowy:] ARCHIWUM AKTÓW DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA [Zapiska archiwalna:] 4. Pro Archiepiscopatu R[everen]d[i] D[omini] Joannis Demetrij Solikowskij A[nn]o 1583. [Inne noty kancelaryjne, m.in.:] Justus / [...] / No 7mo A[...]