Confirmation by Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski of the patronage of the Holy Cross Chapel for Jan Scholc Wolfowicz

IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, AMEN. For the eternal memory of the matter. WE, JAN DYMITR SOLIKOWSKI OF SOŁKI, BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE APOSTOLIC SEE ARCHBISHOP OF LVIV, ANNOUNCE by the tenor of this letter to those whom it concerns or may ever concern, to people of the present and future age: That a request was brought to us in the name of the noble and illustrious Mr. Jan Scholc Wolfowicz, councilor and citizen of Lviv, that we might approve, confirm, and incorporate into the immunity of the Church the DONATION inter vivos, [the right?] of patronage, presentation, possession, disposition, and all and individual rights whatsoever to the chapel under the invocation of the Holy CROSS in our metropolitan church of Lviv – erected in ancient times in the upper part, up the stone stairs from the northern entrance – made by the distinguished and noble Mr. Stanisław Dirowic of Przemyśl, doctor of medicine, councilor and citizen of Lviv, the true, sole, legitimate, and direct patron and possessor of the said chapel, in favor of the aforementioned Mr. Jan Scholc and his successors, purely and freely, simply and irrevocably forever, oblated before our office and in the acts of our same office; and likewise the foundation, that is, the dowry for the said chapel inscribed by the said Mr. Jan Scholc, namely the perpetual rent of sixteen florins, counting thirty groschen for each, secured and resigned in the municipal acts of Lviv, and assigned and established on the land and own tenement house of the same Jan, located on Halicka Street, between the tenement houses called Bassala on one side and Pajneskowska on the other, paid and disbursed to the rector or minister of the said chapel for its burdens, according to the formula of the foundation and the original ordinance, four florins in each quarter of the year. WE, therefore, having considered the special piety of the aforementioned Jan Scholc and his zealous effort for the spread of divine worship, and finally his merits for our metropolitan church, having primarily embraced with fatherly love his so pious and generous mind, recognizing the aforementioned donation inter vivos and the newly erected foundation and endowment as pious, righteous, and in accordance with common law; after examining and viewing the original documents of both the donation and the foundation, and also after completing all and individual actions which, according to law, style, and custom, are wont to happen in such cases, by our ordinary authority, we have unanimously admitted, approved, and confirmed, and also by these presents in all and individual their points, clauses, and articles, just as they lie and are detailed in the authentic or original documents, we admit, approve, confirm, and as if they were inserted here word for word, we grant them the fullest and perfect force by our decree; establishing that the aforementioned Mr. Jan Scholc, together with his legitimate successors, is and shall be for all eternity the sole, true, and legitimate patron and possessor of the said chapel. And the aforementioned endowment, thus approved and confirmed and assigned to the chapel itself, we incorporate into the freedom and immunity of the Church. BUT because a benefice is given for the sake of duty, we command the chaplain or minister for the time being, that he fulfill all and individual services and functions detailed in the original erection, under pain of excommunication and other penalties to be borne at the discretion of the ordinary, piously and religiously. Done and given in LVIV, on the twenty-eighth day of the month of April, in the YEAR OF OUR LORD one thousand five hundred and ninety-fifth. In the presence of the venerable, reverend, and noble: the reverend Mr. Wojciech Perlicki, canon and vicar general and official of Lviv, Stanisław Wiercisiński, canon, Wojciech Wądołowski, chaplain, Mr. Andrzej Napolski, Wojciech Długopolski, and many other witnesses called to the above. In testimony of which our seal has been appended. [Signature:] Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Archbishop of Lviv, with his own hand [Verso:] [Regest note 1:] On the 16th of January [...] [Regest note 2:] Regarding the Holy Cross Chapel [for] Mr. Jan Szolc Wolfowicz with successors as the legitimate patron with the approval of the most illustrious Jan Solikowski, Archbishop, on April 28, 1595, privilege. [Regest note 3:] Holy Cross Chapel founded by Scholc-Wolfowicz in 1595. [Old archival signatures:] Box 16, bundle [...] / Place: M: vol: 1

IN NOMINE DOMINI AMEN. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam. NOS IOANNES DEMETRIVS SOLIKOWSKI A SOLKI, DEI, ET AP[OSTO]L[I]CAE SEDIS GRA[TIA] ARCHIEPISCO[PVS] LEOPOLIENSIS, SIGNIFICAMVS Tenore praesentium quorum interest, aut aliquando intererit, praesentis et futuri Seculi hominibus: Supplicatum nobis fuisse nomine Spectabilis et Famati Viri D[omini] IOANNIS SCHOLC WOLFFOWIC Consulis et Ciuis LEOPoliensis: quatenus DONATIONEM inter viuos appellatam [vrius?] patronatus, Praesentationis, possessionis, dispositionis, et omnium ac singulorum quorumuis iurium, super Sacello tituli Sanctae CRVCIS in Ecclesia nostra Metropolitana LEOPoliensi, ab ingressu Septentrionali, lapideis gradibus scansili, in parte superiori, antiquitus extructo, per Excellentem ac Spect[abilem] D[ominum] STANISLAVM DIROWICIVM Premisliensem Medicinae Doctorem Consulem et Ciuem LEOPoliensem, verum, vnicum, legitimum, et immediatum dicti Sacelli Patronum, et possessorem, praefato D[omino] IOANNI SCHOLC et suis successoribus, pure, ac libere, simpliciter et irreuocabiliter perpetuo, coram Officio nostro factam, et eiusdem Officij nostri Actis insinuatam. Pariter quoque Fundationem seu Dotem dicto Sacello ut praefato D[omino] IOANNE SCHOLC inscriptam, nominatim assecurato et resignato in Actis Ciuilibus LEOPolien[sibus] perpetuo Censu Sedecim florenorum, in quemlibet triginta grossos computan[do], et super fundo et lapidea, eiusdem Ioannis propria, in Platea Haliciensi, inter lapideas ab vna dicta Bassała, et ab altera Paineskowska sita, assignatam constitutamque, et praefati Sacelli RECTORI seu Ministro pro oneribus, iuxta Fundationis formulam et Ordinationem originalem, singulis anni QVADRANTIBVS per Quatuor florenos numerandum et persoluendum, approbaremus, confirmaremus, et immunitati Ecclesiae incorporaremus. NOS igitur, praefati IOANNIS Scolc singularem pietatem ac feruens propagandi cultus diuini studium, denique in Ecclesiam nostram Metropolitanam merita pensan[tes]: paterno cumprimis amore, animum eius tam pium et liberalem amplexi, praefatas inter Viuos Donationem, et de nouo erectam FVNDATIONEM et DOTA[TI]ONEM, vti pias, licitas, et iuri communi consentaneas ducentes: examinatis et visis tam Donationis quam Fundationis originalibus instrumentis, premissis quoque omnibus et singulis, quae de jure, stylo, ac consuetudine in talibus fieri consueuerunt, Auctoritate nostra ordinaria, vnanimi[s] admissimus, approbauimus, et Confirmauimus, vti praesentibus hisce, in omnibus et singulis earum punctis, clausulis, articulis, prout in autenticis seu originalibus instrumentis iacent et specificantur, admittimus, approbamus, confirmamus, et veluti hic de verbo ad verbum essent inserta, plenissimum, ac perfectum robur per Decretum nostrum apponimus: Decernentes praefatum D[ominum] IOANNEM SCHOLC praehabitis suis legittimis successoribus, dicti Sacelli, vnum, verum, ac legittimum Patronum, ac possessorem perpetuis temporibus esse et fore: Praefatam autem DOTATIONEM sic approbatam et confirmatam, ipsique Sacello adscriptam, libertati ac immunitati Ecclesiasticae inuisceramus et incorporamus: SED Quoniam Beneficium datur propter Officium: Mandamus Sacellano seu Ministro pro tempore existenti, Quatenus omnia et singula Officia ac functiones in Erectione originali specificatas, sub Excommunicationis poena, et alijs poenis arbitrio Ordinarij incurren[dis], pie ac religiose compleat. Actum et Datum LEOPOLI die Vigesima Octaua MENSIS APRILIS, ANNO DOMINI Millesimo Qvingentesimo NOnagesimo QVINTO. Praesentibus R[eueren]dis Venerabilibus, et Nobilibus R[eueren]do D[omino] ALBERTO PERLICKI CANONICO et Vicario G[ene]rali et OFFICIALI LEOPOLIEN[SI], Stanislao Wiercisinski Canonico, Alberto Wądołowski Capellano, D[omino] Andrea Napolski, Alberto Długopolski, et alijs plurimis testibus ad premissa. In quorum fidem SIGILLVM nostrum est appensum. [Podpis:] Jo[ann]es Dem[etrius] Solikowski archiep[iscop]us Leopolien[sis] m[anu] p[ropr]ia [Verso:] [Nota regestowa 1:] Die 16 Ianuarij [...] [Nota regestowa 2:] Respectu Capellae S[anctae] Crucis d[omino] Joannem Szolc Wolfowicz cum Successoribus legitimum Patronum approbatione Ill[ustrissi]mi Joannis Solikowski Archiep[iscop]i d[ie] 28 Aprilis 1595 Anno Privilegium [Nota regestowa 3:] Capella S[anctae] Crucis fundata Scholtz Wolfowicziana Anno 1595 [Dawne sygnatury archiwalne:] Capsa 16 f[asciculus] [...] / Local: M: vol: 1