Doctoral diploma of the University of Bologna in philosophy and medicine for Jan Stetkiewicz

[p. 5, fol. 1v, seal:] [Ink seal, oval:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA [p. 6, fol. 2r - coat of arms miniature in a border with golden rocaille motifs: shield with red-pink mantling topped with a noble crown; in the shield a knight's cross, in the corners of which are placed four eagles and the letters: I - S - M - D] [p. 7, fol. 2v:] In the Name of Christ. Amen. THE FAMOUS MOTHER OF STUDIES BOLOGNA, which, most famous among other cities of Italy, thanks to the most holy Roman Emperor Theodosius, at the request of Saint Petronius, bishop of the same city, was adorned as a universal [center] of all sciences [p. 8, fol. 3r:] and elevated by special privileges, with the consent and authority of the most holy father in Christ and our lord, Pope Celestine I, in the year of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ four hundred and twenty-three; and subsequently in the year of the Nativity of Christ one thousand five hundred and thirty, by the authority, will, and most favorable benevolence of the Roman Emperor Charles V Augustus, both towards the city itself (in which he received the imperial diadem from the hands of Pope Clement VII) and by the admirable testimony of grace towards the doctors of canon and civil law, as well as philosophy, medicine, and all liberal arts and faculties – after the approval and confirmation of all ancient dignities – endowed with greater gifts and privileges, almost exceeding all wishes, which out of his supreme generosity he bestowed and granted to those Holy Colleges, the doctors appointed there, and the entire University of Bologna [p. 9, fol. 3v:] whose venerable authority, most famous and ancient throughout the whole world, held by the most illustrious lords doctors, holds primacy; it raises, elevates, and exalts to the public and distinguished chair and the most magnificent dignity of the highest doctorate and mastership only those who, renowned for the integrity of their morals, innate talent, diligence, and discipline, having despised and abandoned the pleasures of this world and devoted themselves entirely to science, after delving into the holy and almost divine sciences of philosophy and medicine, it has carefully deemed most worthy of the highest praises and most truthful testimonies, and whose struggle in the general examination it promotes as worthy of the doctoral laurel thanks to the converging abundance of virtues and perfection of merits, so that those promoted in this way should rightly be preferred before the most magnificent princes of the whole world and the most prudent rulers of republics due to their help in shaping republics with good and honest morals, as well as in healing the bodies of the sick and preserving the healthy, above other estates of men, by reason of the special privileges of that same estate, [p. 10, fol. 4r:] prerogatives, praises, honors, and the pinnacle of dignity (which virtue, the most precious of all things, demands). SINCE THEREFORE the excellent and learned youth, distinguished by the integrity of his morals, famous for the sharpness of his mind, and endowed with great learning, the most illustrious lord Jan Stetkiewicz, a Polish nobleman, who in the flower of his age, having preferred [science] over domestic comforts, in the most famous Lyceum of Bologna, trained by numerous night vigils, devoted his skilled and diligent work to holy philosophy and medicine, and performed academic acts so honorably, discussing, proving, answering, repeating, and conducting disputes in the field of holy philosophy and medicine, was legally presented before the most illustrious and most reverend lord Count Alexander Formaliari, a Bolognese patrician, most distinguished doctor of both laws and philosophy, member of the college in Bologna and public professor of laws, archdeacon of the metropolitan church of Bologna, and also the Grand Chancellor of the entire dignified and most flourishing Archigymnasium [p. 11, fol. 4v:] of Bologna, most deserving, by the most illustrious and noble men, most distinguished doctors in both laws or faculties, golden knights and counts palatine: the most distinguished lord Giuseppe Pozzi and the most distinguished lord Filippo Antonio Donelli in medicine, and the most distinguished lord Ludovico Maria Dalboni and the most distinguished lord Felice Antonio Fantini in philosophy, as well as the most distinguished lord Paolo Battista Balbi, elect, all citizens and nobles of Bologna, highly respected – so that he might be examined and approved in holy philosophy and medicine, and for this purpose he submitted to a burdensome and strict private examination before all the lords doctors of the dignified College of Holy Philosophy and Medicine of the city of Bologna, at which examination the said most illustrious lord Jan Stetkiewicz, delivering the assigned questions in a wonderful order and answering objections learnedly, sharply, and subtly, not so much in a scholastic manner as truly doctorally, acted so wisely and excellently and presented himself in such a way that by all of that dignified College of Holy Philosophy and Medicine of the city of Bologna [p. 12, fol. 5r:] doctors in the said faculties of philosophy and medicine he was deemed, considered, and declared fit and sufficient, and for this reason by them in holy philosophy and medicine unanimously, concordantly, with equal voice and without any difference of opinion whatsoever, without the slightest doubt, legally and deservedly he was approved, and soon after this same most illustrious lord Jan Stetkiewicz was presented by the same lords promoters to the aforementioned most illustrious and most reverend lord archdeacon for the purpose of receiving the doctoral degree in these same faculties of holy philosophy and medicine; therefore, the aforementioned most illustrious and most reverend lord archdeacon, in view of the knowledge, morals, virtues, and other excellent qualities with which the Almighty God has enlightened this most illustrious lord Jan Stetkiewicz, as he magnificently showed in his examinations, by the authority he holds as archdeacon and grand chancellor, and also by the advice and consent of all the lords doctors of the said colleges present there, and after having previously conducted the process [p. 13, fol. 5v:] and due investigation regarding the religion and Catholic faith of the said most illustrious lord Jan Stetkiewicz, duly and legally drawn up, after summoning and hearing credible witnesses in this regard, and after he publicly made a solemn profession and oath of the Catholic faith, and after receiving from him an oath in the strict and prescribed words contained in the bull and apostolic letters of the holy memory of Pope Pius IV, issued under the date in Rome on the Ides of November [November 13] in the year one thousand five hundred and sixty-four, while observing all other regulations contained in that bull, as more broadly appears from the public act drawn up by Mr. Francesco Maria Monti, a notary specially appointed for the above matters, and after he took the oath received in the presence of the prior of the College of Medicine, written down by Mr. Orazio Vanotti, notary of the same College of Medicine, in the presence of two witnesses, regarding the observance of the articles contained in the constitution in force for the lords physicians by the holy Pope Pius V, especially articles one, two, four, five, and six, as more broadly appears in the aforementioned constitution [p. 14, fol. 6r:] promulgated in Rome on March 15, 1566, and in Bologna on the 27th of the same month – THE SAME most illustrious lord Jan Stetkiewicz, a Polish nobleman, presented to him, he declared, announced, proclaimed, established, made, and created a DOCTOR in holy philosophy and medicine, granting and entrusting to him as fit, sufficient, and capable of exercising, holding, and performing the office, honor, and dignity of a doctorate in holy philosophy and medicine the fullest, free, and comprehensive permission, authorization, power, and authority for the future and for all time to lecture, teach, interpret, provide advice, practice medicine in the said holy philosophy and medicine, to ascend the doctoral or master's chair, and to perform all other individual doctoral activities publicly and privately happily here in Bologna and in any other place and country by virtue of this document. And immediately after, so that this same most illustrious lord Jan Stetkiewicz would be recognized by all in the future as a possessor of such a doctorate, the most illustrious and noble man [p. 15, fol. 6v:] Mr. Paolo Battista Balbi, most distinguished doctor of both laws, member of the college, golden knight and count palatine, in his own name and on behalf and in the name of the above-mentioned most illustrious and most distinguished lords co-promoters in holy philosophy and medicine, and with their consent, presented the insignia of the same doctorate to this same most illustrious lord Jan Stetkiewicz, which he requested with his concise, clear, elegant, and learned speech, and in the following way he handed them to him: namely, first he placed the books of holy philosophy and medicine, closed and then opened, into his hands; secondly, he placed the biretta, or doctoral diadem, on the head of this same most illustrious lord Jan Stetkiewicz; thirdly, he adorned his finger with a golden ring as a sign of the covenant and marriage contracted with philosophical and medical knowledge; and finally, he gave him the kiss of peace along with the master's blessing, so that this same most illustrious lord Jan Stetkiewicz, an eminent doctor, thus crowned with laurel and decorated, might be happily crowned in his Homeland by Him who reigns as One in the Trinity, God for infinite ages of ages. FURTHERMORE, the aforementioned most illustrious and most reverend lord archdeacon ordered me, the undersigned notary and chancellor, and the aforementioned most illustrious [p. 16, fol. 7r:] Mr. Jan Stetkiewicz, eminent doctor, newly decorated as above, asked me, the same appointed notary, to draw up a public instrument in the form of a privilege regarding all the above, provided with the authentic, ordinary, accepted, and for this purpose designated hanging seal of the said most illustrious and most reverend lord archdeacon. Given and done in Bologna in the usual seat of the Colleges above the portico of the metropolitan church, in the year of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ one thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine, on the seventeenth day of February, during the pontificate of the most holy father in Christ and our lord, Pope Clement XII, by Divine Providence, in the ninth year of his pontificate, in the presence of Mr. Antonio Forni and Mr. Giuseppe Magnoni, both citizens of Bologna, and many other highly credible men as witnesses called, requested, and invited to all and individual things above, etc. [Autograph:] I, Alexander Formaliari, archdeacon of the metropolitan church in Bologna and grand chancellor of the aforementioned Studium. [Notarial sign - copperplate with motto:] He surpasses with his whole head [Toto vertice supra est] / F.M.M.N. [Notary's hand:] And because I, Francesco Maria, son of the late Mr. Giovanni Battista Antonio Monti, citizen and public Bolognese collegiate notary, was present at all and individual above actions, and therefore as chancellor of the aforementioned most illustrious and most reverend lord archdeacon Formaliari I was requested; therefore, for the faith and power of the above, I have signed and marked myself here until cancellation [---].

[s. 5, fol. 1v, pieczęć:] [Pieczęć tuszowa, owalna:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA [s. 6, fol. 2r - miniatura herbowa w bordiurze ze złotymi motywami rocaille'owymi: tarcza z labrami czerwono-różowymi zwieńczona koroną szlachecką; w tarczy krzyż kawalerski, w kątach którego umieszczone są cztery orły oraz litery: I - S - M - D] [s. 7, fol. 2v:] In Christi Nomine Amen GLORIOSA STUDIORUM MATER BONONIA [Inicjał Q z miniaturą gałązki róży:] Quę inter alias Italiæ Civitates celeberrima p[er] Sacratissimū Romanorum Imperatorem THEODOSIUM S. PETRONII Eiusdē Civitatis Episcopi precibus generali omnium Scientiarum [s. 8, fol. 3r:] Studio fuit decorata, atque singularibus Privilegijs sublimata, ad hoc interveniente consensu, et authoritate SSmi in Christo Patris, et D. N. D. COELESTINI PAPAE PRIMI sub Anno à Nativitate D. N. JESU CHRISTI quadringentesimo vigesimo tertio, ac deindè Anno à CHRISTI Natali millesimo quingentesimo trigesimo CAROLI V. CAESARIS AUGUSTI IMPERATORIS authoritate, nutu, ac propensissima tum in ipsam Urbem (in qua Imperij Diadema à CLEMENTE VII. PONT. MAX. acceperat) voluntate, tum admirabili benevolentiæ testificatione in Doctores Pontificij Cęsareiq; Juris, necnon Philosophiæ, Medicinæ, ac omnium liberaliū Artium, et Facultatum omnibus pristinis ornamentis approbatis, et confirmatis, majoribus, ac penè quovis Voto amplioribus muneribus, et Privilegijs, quæ pro sua summa liberalitate eisdem Sacris Collegijs, Doctoribusq; ibi creandis, ac Universo Gymnasio Bononiensi [s. 9, fol. 3v:] detulit, et concessit honestata, cuius etiam in toto Terrarum Orbe veneranda, famosissima, et antiquissima Clarissimorum D. D. DOCTORUM authoritas obtinet Principatum; illos dumtaxat ad publicam, et eminentem Cathedram, supremique Doctoratus, et Magisterij splendidissimam Dignitatem sublimat, erigit, et extollit, quos morum præsentia, ingenio, Studio, ac Disciplina Claros, spretis relictisque Mundi delicijs se se Doctrinæ penitùs dantes ipsas sacras, et penè Divinas Philosophię, et Medicinę Scientias adeptos laudibus maximis, ac Verissimis Testimonijs acuratè reperit probatissimos, et quos Certamen generalis Examinis dignos ad Doctoralem Lauream promovet per Concurrentem Virtutum copiam, meritorumque Excellentiam, ita ut taliter promovendi apud Amplissimos Universi Orbis Principes, prudentissimosq; Rerum publicarum Moderatores pro eorum assistentia ad instruendas bonis, et honestis moribus Respublicas, necnon ad sananda Infirmorum Corpora, Sanaque conservanda, cæteris hominum generibus, et eiusdem Ordinis singularibus privilegij [s. 10, fol. 4r:] prærogativis, laudibus, honoribus, ac Dignitatum culmine meritissimè (id quod omnium rerum prætiosissima Virtus expostulat) veniant præferendi [Inicjał C ozdobny:] CUM ITAQUE Egregius, et Eruditus Iuvenis morum probitate ornatus ingenio præclarus et multa Doctrina præditus Ill[ustrissi]mus D. Joannes Stetkiewicz Nobilis Polonus qui sua florente ætate, posthabitis Patrijs Commodis in celleberimo Bononiensi Lyceo pluribus exercitus Vigilijs Sac[rae] Phil[osophi]æ, et Med[ici]næ solertem, ac diligentem operam dedit, actusque Scholasticos tam honorificè gessit, conferendo, arguendo, respondendo, repetendo, et disputando in Sac[ra] Phil[osophi]æ, et Med[ici]næ fuerit legitimè præsentatus coram Ill[ustrissi]mo, et R[everendissi]mo D. Co[mite]: Alexandro Formagliari Patritio Bononiensi Excellentissimo J. U. et Phil[osophi]æ Doctore Collegiato Bononiæ, ac publico Legum Professore, Ecclesiæ Metropolitanæ Bononiensis ARCHIDIACONO, totiusque Almi, et Florentissimi ARCHIGYMNASIJ [s. 11, fol. 4v:] BON[ON]IAE MAIORI CANCELLARIO meritissimo per Ill[ustrissi]mos, et Generosos Viros in utroque Jure vel Facultate Doctores Excellentissimos, Equites auratos, et Comites Palatinos Ex[cellentuissi]mus D[omi]nus Joseph Pozzi, et Ex[cellentuissi]mus D[omi]nus Philippus Antonius Donelli in Medicina, et Ex[cellentuissi]mus D[omi]nus Lodovicus Maria Dalboni, et Ex[cellentuissi]mus D[omi]nus Felix Antonius Fantini in Philosophia, et Ex[cellentuissi]mus D. Paulus Bap[tis]ta Balbi Electus omnes Cives, Nobilesq; Bononiæ honorandissimos examinandus, et approbandus in Sacr[a] Philosophia, et Medicina, et ob id subjecerit arduo, et rigoroso Examini privato omnium D D. Doctorum Almi Collegij Sacr: Phil:æ, et Med:næ Civitatis Bononiæ, in quo quidem examine dictus Ill[ustrissi]mus D[omi]nus Joannes Stetkiewicz puncta sibi assignata miro ordine recitando, et argomentis doctè, acute, et subtiliter non tam scholastico, quam Doctoreo quidem more respondendo, adeò sapienter, et præclarè se gessit, ac ita, et taliter se præstitit, ut ab omnibus dicti Almi Collegij Sacr: Phil:æ, et Medicinæ Civitatis Bononię [s. 12, fol. 5r:] Bononię Doctoribus in prædictis Phil[osophi]æ, et Medicinæ Facultatibus idoneus, ac sufficiens habitus, tentus, et reputatus fuerit, et ob id ab eis in Sacr. Phil[osophi]æ, e Med[ici]næ unanimit[er], concordit[er]., pari Voto, ac Nemine PENITUS PENITUSQUE discrepante nulloq; prorsùs hęsitante iure, et merito approbatus fuerit, moxq; et idem Ill[ustrissi]mus D. Joannes Stetkiewicz per eosdem DD. Promotores præfato Ill[ustrissi]mo, et R[everendissi]mo D. ARCHIDIACONO præsentatus propter Doctoratus Gradum in ipsis Sacræ Philosophiæ, et Medicinæ Facultatibus assumendum; Idcircò præfatus Ill[ustrissi]mus, et Rev[erendissi]mus D. ARCHIDIACONUS scientia, morib[us]. Virtutib[us]., et alijs præclaris Dotibus, quibus eumdem Ill[ustrissi]mum D. Joannem Stetkiewicz, Altissimus Omnipotens DEUS illustravit prout in dictis suis Examinibus mirificè demonstravit, authoritate, quâ fungit[ur]., Archidiaconi, et Majoris Cancellarij, necnon accedente Consilio, et assensu omnium D D. Doctorum præfatorū Collegiorum ibidem existentium, et prævio Processu [s. 13, fol. 5v:] Processu, ac debita informatione sup[er] Religione, et Fide Catholica de dicto Ill[ustrissi]mo D. Joanne Stetkiewicz ritè, et legitimè facta, adhibitisq; Testibus fide dignis desup[er] receptis, et examinatis, factaq; p[er] eundem palam solemni Professione, et Voto de Fide Catholica, et eidem delato Juramento verbis formabilibus proprijs, et præcisis contentis in Bulla, et Litteris Ap[os]t[o]licis d[ivæ] Felicis Recordationis PIO PAPA IV. expeditis sub Dat: Romæ Idibus 9bris millesimo quingentesimo sexagesimo quarto, et observatis omnibus alijs, de quibus in d[ict]a Bulla prout latiùs constat Instr[ument]o publicu Rogatū p[er] D. Franciscum Mariam Monti Not[ariu]m ad p[rædic]ta specialit[er]. deputatū præstitoq. eidem Juramento ab eodem recepto coram D. Priore Collegij Medicinę Rogato per D. Horatium Vanotti Notariu d[icti] Collegij Medicinæ cum præsentia duorum Testium de observandis Capitulis contentis in Constitutione p[er] DD. Medicos observanda S. PIJ PAPÆ V. præsertim primo, secundo, quarto, quinto, et sexto Capitulis, ut latiùs apparet in præd[ict]a Con- [s. 14, fol. 6r:] Constitutione publicata in Alma Urbe sub die 15. Martij 1566-, Boniæ autem sub die 27. eiusdē mensis. EUMDEM Ill[ustrissi]mum D. Joannē Stetkiewicz Nobilē Polonū sibi præsentatum dixit, pronunciavit, declaravit, instituit, fecit, atq[ue]. creavit DOCTOREM in Sacr. Phil[osophi]æ, et Med[ici]næ, dans, atq; tradens ipsi tamquam habili, sufficienti, et idoneo adhabendum, tractandū, et exercendum Officium, Honorem, et Dignitatem Doctoratus in Sacra Phil[osophi]æ, et Medicinæ licentiam plenissimā, et liberā, ac omnimodā facultatem, potestatem, et auctoritatem de cetero, et in futurū in d[ict]a Sacra Phil[osophi]æ, et Med[ici]n[a] legendi, docendi, interpretandi, consulendi, medendi, Doctoralem, seu Magistrale Cathedra ascendendi cęterosq; omnes, et singulos Actus Doctoreos publice, et privatim fœlicit[er] exercendi hic Bononiæ, et ubique locorum, et Terrarum tenore præsentium. Et illicò ut idem Ill[ustrissi]mus D. Joannes Stetkiewicz possessionem huiusmodi Doctoratus ab omnibus in posterū noscat[ur]. adeptus Ill[ustrissi]mus, et Generosus Vir [s. 15, fol. 6v:] D. PAULUS BAP[TIS]TA BALBI Ex[cellentuissi]mus J. U. Doctor Coll[egiatus], Eques auratus, et Comes Palatinus, suo nomine, ac vice, et nominibus præfatorū Ill[ustrissi]morum et Ex[cellentissimorum] D D. Compromotorum in Sacr: Phil[osophi]æ, et Med[ici]næ, et de eorum consensu Insignia ipsius Doctoratus eidem Ill[ustrissi]mo D. Joanni Stetkiewicz, ut sua tersa, luculenta, eleganti, et erudita Oratione petijt, et in hac forma tradidit. Nam primo Libros Sacræ Phil[osophi]æ, et Medicinæ clausos, mox, et apertos eidem in manibus præbuit, Secundò Pileum seu Diadema Doctorale Capiti eiusdē Ill[ustrissi]mi D. Joannis Stetkiewicz imposuit, ac Tertio ipsius digitum exornavit anulo aureo in signū Fœderis, et Conjugij Cū Philosophica, Medicaq. Scientia contracti; Et postremò ipsi Pacis Osculū Magistrali cum Benedictione feliciter exhibendo, ut idem Ill[ustrissi]mus D. Joannes Stetkiewicz Doctor Egregius sic laureatus, et insignitus feliciter coronet[ur]. in Patria per Eum qui Trinus, et unus regnat DEUS p[er] infinita Sæculorum Sæcula. INSUPER Ill[ustrissi]mus, et Rev[erendissi]mus D. Archidiaconus antedictus mandavit mihi Notario, et Cancellario infrascripto, et præfatus Ill[ustrissi]mus [s. 16, fol. 7r:] Dñus Joannes Stetkiewicz Doctor Egregius noviter, ut supra, insignitus rogavit me eumde[m] Notariu inctum, ut de prædictis omnibus publicū in Privilegij forma conficerē Instrumentū muniendū authentico, solito, consueto, et ad hoc deputato præfati Ill[ustrissi]mi, et R[everendissi]mi D. Archidiaconi Sigillo pendente. Datum, et Actū Bonię in mansione solita Collegiorum supra Porticū Eccl[esi]ę Metropolitanę sub Anno a Nativitate D. N. Jesu Xpti. Millesimo, Septingentesimo, Trigesimo nono die vero decima septima Februarij Tempore Pont[ificat]us SSmi in Xpto Patris, et D.N.D. Clementis Duodecimi Divina Providentia Papæ Anno nono eius Pontificatus Præsentibus ibide[m] DD. Ant[onio]: Forni, et Joseph Magnoni ambobus Bononię Civibus, et quamplurimis alijs Viris probatissimis Testibus ad prædicta omnia, e singula adhibitis, vocatis, atque Rogatis &c. [Autograf:] Ego Alexander Formaliari Metrop[olitanae] Eccl[esi]ae Bononien[sis] Archidiac[onus] et Studii P[raedi]cti maior Cancellarius [Znak notarialny - miedzioryt z dewizą:] TOTO VERTICE SUPRA EST / F.M.M.N. [Ręka notariusza:] Et quia Ego Franciscus M[ari]a olim q[uondam] S[er] Jo[ann]is Bapt[ist]ę Antonij Monti Civis, et publicus Bononię Notarius Coll[egia]tus præmissis omnibus, et singulis interfui ideoque uti Cancel[lariu]s p[ræfa]ti Ill[ustrissi]mi et R[everendissi]mi D. Archid[iaconi] Formaliari rogatus extiti; Ideo in præmissorum Fidem et robur hic me subscripsi, et subsignavi Usq[ue] ad del[eti]o[nem] [---].