Document of King Sigismund III Vasa transferring the right of patronage of the Lviv canonry to the authorities of Lviv

SIGISMUND The Third, by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia etc., and also the closest heir and future king of the Kingdom of Sweden. We hereby announce to all and each one whom it may concern. That following the agreement or settlement of the Venerable Chapter of the Metropolitan Church of Lviv with the honorable mayor and councilors of the same city, regarding the presentation to the canonry of the Metropolitan Church of Lviv of a suitable clergyman, promoted to the degree of doctorate or also mastership, either in sacred theology, or in both laws, or in one of them – the second one besides the one which the same councilors, by ancient custom by virtue of agreements concluded with the same Venerable Chapter, are accustomed to grant to the doctors of the school, and this after the resignation or death of someone from the group of local canons thus decided: recognizing this agreement mutually concluded in the aforementioned manner as valid, we have decided that the same right of patronage, which belongs to us by virtue of our royal authority there to present, should be transferred and assigned to the same mayor and councilors of our city of Lviv, for the increase of God's glory and the good administration of the same Church. And so, by this our letter, we transfer and assign it by perpetual and irrevocable right. Namely, so that whenever, either by resignation or by the death of one of the canons, the aforementioned canonry becomes vacant, the aforementioned mayor and councilors, present and future, by virtue of the right granted by us, shall have the inviolable and perpetual right of presenting to this place such a person as described above. Therefore, to You, Most Reverend Father in Christ, Lord Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Archbishop of Lviv, and others currently in office, or their vicars in spiritual matters, or those having and to have authority for this, we announce, proclaim, and bring to notice this our transfer of the right of patronage to present to the canonry of the said Church, admonishing Your Paternal Grace that whenever the aforementioned canonry becomes vacant by resignation or death, when the said honorable mayor and councilors of our city of Lviv present to Your Paternal Grace the person defined above and chosen by their unanimous consent, you shall institute and invest him to the same canonry, by the duty of your pastoral office. In witness whereof, we have signed this letter with our own hand and ordered it to be affixed with the seal of our Kingdom. Given in Warsaw, on the eighteenth day of the month of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and ninety-second, and the fifth year of our reign. [Royal autograph:] Sigismund king [Secretary's signature under the fold/plica on the right side:] Paweł Kosbucki, secretary [Verso:] [Note on the left at the top:] fascicle 467 [Ink seal at the top in the center:] [Round seal of the Archive in Lviv with the city coat of arms] [Year date:] 1592 [In reddish ink on the right side:] Third rubric / Letter C. Number 19 [On the lower part, in recto after turning:] Of Sigismund the Third year 1592 / day 18 of the month of October [Below:] On the granting of the Lviv canonry [Old signatures:] City / No. 35 / Magistrate Archive / N. 33 / 3 C 19

SIGISMVNDVS Tertius Dei gratia Rex Poloniae magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniaeque etc. nec non Regni Sueciae proximus haeres et futurus Rex Significamus praesentibus litteris nostris quorum interest Vniversis et singulis. Quandoquidem inhaerendo concordiae seu transactioni Venerabilis Capituli Ecclesiae Metropolitanae Leopoliensis cum Spectabilibus Proconsule et Consulibus Civitatis eiusdem de praesentando ad Canonicatum Ecclesiae Metropolitanae Leopoliensis idonea persona Clericali vel in sacra Theologia, vel in Vtroque, siue etiam alterutro iure ad gradum Doctoratus vel etiam Magistratij promota: altero praeter eum quem ijdem Consules ab antiquo vsu vigore compactatorum cum eodem Ve- nerabili Capitulo habitorum Doctoribus Scholae conferre solent, idque post cessum vel decessum alicuius ex gremio illorum Canonicorumita et constituta: eam transactionem vtrinque modo praemisso factam ratam habentes, nos idem Iuspatronatus quod nobis ex vi superioritatis nostrae Regiae ibidem ad praesentandum competit, in eosdem Proconsulem et Consu- les Civitatis nostrae Leopoliensis ad propagationem Divinae gloriae, bonumque eius Ecclesiae regimen transfundendum ac transferendum esse duximus. Sic quidem perpetuo ac irrevocabili iure transfundimus et transferimus praesentibus litteris nostris. Ita quidem vt quotiescunque siue per cessum siue per decessum alicuius ex gremio Canonicorum praedicti Canonicatus vacatio occurrerit: praenominatis Proconsuli et Consulibus nunc et pro tempore futuris praesentandi eum in locum eius ac talis personae vt supradescriptum est vigore collati a nobis iuris, integra ac perpetua facultas esse debeat. Quapropter vobis Reverendissimo in Christo Patri Domino Joanni Demetrio Solikowski Archiepiscopo Leopolien[si], et alijs pro tempore existen[tibus] sive eorum in Spiritualibus Viccarijs vel ad id potestatem habenti et habituris, hanc nostram Iurispatronatus ad praesentandum Canonicatum Ecclesiae praedictae transfusionem intimamus, denunciamus et ad notitiam deducimus: Hortantes Paternam Vestram quatenus dum praefati Spectabiles Proconsul et Consules Civitatis nostrae Leopoliensis quotiescunque vacatio praedi- cti Canonicatus per cessum vel decessum occurrerit, personam supra designatam, atque vnanimi eorum consensu electam Paternitati Vestrae praesentauerint, illam ad eundem Canonica- tum instituat et investiat, pro debito officij sui pastoralis. In cuius rei fidem praesentes manu nostra subscripsimus et Sigillo Regni nostri consignari mandauimus. Datum Warschoviae die decimaoctava Mensis Octobris. Anno Domini Millesimo. quingentesimo. nonagesimo. secundo. Regni vero nostri anno QVINTO. [Autograf królewski:] Sigismundus Rex [Podpis sekretarza pod zgięciem/plagą po prawej stronie:] Paulus Kosbutzki s[ecr]e[ta]r[ius] [Verso:] [Nota z lewej strony u góry:] fasc. 467 [Pieczęć tuszowa u góry pośrodku:] [Okrągła pieczęć Archiwum we Lwowie z herbem miasta] [Data roczna:] 1592 [Czerwonawym atramentem z prawej strony:] Rubrica Tertia / Litt. C. Nro 19no [Na dolnej części, in recto po obróceniu:] Sigismundi Tertij A[nn]o 1592 / d[ie] 18. Mensis Octobris [Poniżej:] Super Collatione Canonicatus L[eopoliensis] [Sygnatury dawne:] Stadt / Nro 35 / A[r]ch[ivum] M[agistratus] / N. 33 / 3 C 19no