Monition of Archbishop Nicolaus Serra to the Fiscal Promoter of the Archbishop of Lviv regarding St. Anthony's Hospital

Nicolaus Serra Archbishop of Mitylene, Referendary of Both Signatures of Our Most Holy Lord the Pope, as well as Judge Auditor of the cases of the Apostolic Chamber and Ordinary Judge Lieutenant specially chosen and appointed by the same Most Holy Lord the Pope. To all and singular Reverend Lords Abbots, Priors, Provosts, Deans, Archdeacons, and other Presbyters, Clerics, Notaries, and public Tabellions wheresoever established, greetings. Be it known that they have appeared again before Us in the name and at the request of the Illustrious City of Lviv and its Councilors and Magistrate, carefully representing that although they, also by virtue of the public instrument of agreement and concord concluded in the year 1514 with the Reverend Chapter of the Metropolitan Church of the City of Lviv, as well as other laws to be executed in their place and time, as is their due, are in peaceful and quiet possession, or quasi-possession, of the administration of St. Anthony's Hospital founded outside the walls, and of appointing provisors, provosts, and other servants, as well as performing all other acts in any way concerning said administration. Nevertheless, the Most Reverend Lord Archbishop of Lviv and his Fiscal Promoter have boasted and do boast that they wish to disturb the said Representing Lords in their possession, and de facto have acted, filing an openly slanderous manifestation to the detriment of the honor and fame of the Lviv Magistrate and the Provisors, or Administrators of the said Hospital, who are chosen from the City [...], and the said manifestation was submitted to the Acts of the Chancellery of the Lviv Consistory and accepted by the Reverend Lord Wojciech Mirkiewicz, actuary of the same chancellery. Desiring therefore the said Representing parties to free themselves from those unlawful usurpations by way of law and to be maintained in their said possession or quasi-possession, and to have the said manifestation submitted to the Acts of the Consistorial Chancellery, as striking at the honor and fame of the said Representing parties, declared null and void, and to admonish its authors to refrain from such acts in the future; therefore they humbly begged Us that we might deign to provide them with a suitable legal remedy in the above matter and wish to issue and grant the Monition written below together with the Inhibition and Compulsorial Letters. We therefore, acceding to these requests for the sake of peace, to all and singular above-mentioned and to each of you individually by virtue of this letter do entrust and by virtue of Holy Obedience command that you, immediately upon seeing and receiving this letter by the parties, on Our behalf, or rather by Apostolic authority, admonish and summon and cause to be admonished and summoned, just as We by these presents admonish and summon the above-mentioned Fiscal Promoter (and others to be mentioned by name and surname upon the execution of this act), that within six days – of which you are to designate and must designate two for the first, two for the second, and the remaining two for the third, final and peremptory term and canonical admonition, just as We designate – under penalty of 500 gold ducats to be turned against them from the Chamber and under penalty of an executive order, and in support of the law under penalty of excommunication and others at Our discretion, they were bound and each of them individually was bound to inviolably and to the letter preserve, respect, and fulfill the above-mentioned Instrument of Concord and Agreement concluded in the year 1514 between the City of Lviv and the Church Chapter, and all and singular things contained and expressed in that instrument, and to render them to due, full, and complete execution, so that they may fully achieve their effect; and as proof of their observance and execution, to maintain, defend, and preserve the alleged Representing parties in their peaceful and quiet possession of the administration of the Hospital, the appointment of provisors, provosts, and other servants, and the handling of all matters in any way concerning said administration, and to cause them to be maintained, defended, and preserved; and from all boasts and vexations in the above matters in any way inflicted, made, and submitted or threatened to the said Representing parties, as well as those that may occur in the future, to completely and entirely cease, desist, and refrain, and to consider the manifestation recently submitted to the Consistorial Chancellery Acts as null and void and cause it to be considered as such. [...] Otherwise, on the same day of the admonished and summoned, if they consider themselves aggrieved in the above, peremptorily summon and cause them to be summoned, just as We by these presents summon, that on the sixtieth court day after delivery to the parties they appear before Us in court legally before Us in their case, for the purpose of presenting their grievances and receiving the fulfillment of justice. Assuring the same admonished and summoned party that regardless of whether they appear or not on the appointed term of admonition, We shall nevertheless proceed to the above and all other legal and factual measures, with the preservation of justice, despite the disobedience or absence of the summoned. Furthermore, forbid, command, and order, just as We by these presents forbid, command, and order the said Promoter of the Affairs of the Archdiocese of Lviv and others who are to be mentioned by name and surname upon the execution of this, that under the above-mentioned penalties they do not dare or presume to disturb, vex, and disrupt the said Representing parties in that their above-mentioned peaceful possession, nor disturb them, and even less to prepare and submit to the acts any new manifestation to the detriment of the honor and fame of the said Representing parties, nor in any way disturb the Hospital Provisors, nor change or undertake anything else under any pretext; and if they should do so, all this [...]. Furthermore, to all and singular of you above-mentioned we entrust and command equally that you compel and oblige the said Reverend Wojciech Mirkiewicz, Notary of the Lviv Consistory, in whose possession is the instrument of the said manifestation, and all and singular other notaries and chancellors of the curia and any other persons in whose possession are all other rights, writings, documents, and any processes concerning directly or indirectly the rights of this case and relating to the said manifestation, to their release and delivery in authentic form to the parties or the parties' defender after payment of the due fee legally owed, by ecclesiastical sentences and censures, as well as monetary penalties, and cause them to be compelled and obliged until complete release and delivery. In witness whereof these were given in Rome, from the Innocentian Curia on Monte Citorio, on the 11th day of February, 1764. Donat, Archdeacon, Apostolic Chancellor, signed with his own hand. M. Archbishop of Mitylene, Judge and Lieutenant etc. [In the bottom right corner:] Monition to do justice under penalty of preservation, execution, and maintenance, with inhibition together with compulsorial letters. [In the bottom left corner:] m: sheet: 58. [On the reverse:] No. 56. N. S: 56 From bundle 275. / 1764. [Round ink stamp:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH W M. LWOWIE

Nicolaus Serra Archiepiscopus Mitylenensis, Vtriusque Signaturae S[anctissi]mi Domini Nostri Papae Referendarius, nec non causarum Curiae Camerae Ap[ostoli]cae Judex Auditor, locumque Tenens Judex Ordinarius ab eodem S[anctissi]mo Domino N[ost]ro Papa specialiter electus, et deputatus. Vniversis, et singulis R[everendissi]mis D[omi]nis Abbatibus, Prioribus, Praepositis, Decanis, Archidiaconis, caeterisque Presbyteris, Clericis, Notariis, Tabellionibus publicis ubilibet constitutis salutem. Noveritis fuisse denuo coram Nobis comparitum pro parte, et ad instantiam Ill[ust]ris Civitatis Leopolien[sis], eiusque Consulum ac Magistratus Curiose ac exposito, quod licet ipsi vigore etiam publici et In[strumen]ti Conventionis, et Concordiae usque de anno 1514. stipulati cum R[everendissi]mo Capitulo Eccl[esi]ae Metropolitanae Civitatis Leopoldien[sis], aliorumque jurium suis loco, et tempore exequendorum prout eis alligandi fuerint, et reperiantur in quieta, et pacifica possessione, seu quasi administrandi Hospitale ad S[anctum] Antonium foris fundatum, ac deputandi Provisores, Praepositos, aliosque Ministros, aliaque omnia gerendi eamdem ipsam administrationem quomodolibet concernentia. Nihilominus tamen R[everendissi]mus D[ominus] Archiep[iscop]us Leopolien[sis], eiusque Promotor Fiscalis sese iactaverint, et iactent velle dictos D[omi]nos Exponentes a de, et eorum possessione perturbare, et de facto processerunt non imposuerunt quorundam manifestationem calumniosam plane in laesionem honoris, et famae Magistratus Leopolien[sis], Provisorum seu Administratorum dicti Hospitalis, qui e Civitate eliguntur, eique stationes (addunt?) eidem administrationi eamdemque manifestationem praesentare fecit ad Acta Cancellariae Consistorij Leopolien[sis], eamque recipi a Reverendo D[omino] Adalberto Mirkiewicz eiusdem Cancellariae Actuario, cupientesque idcirco praedicti Exponentes ab illius indebitis iactationibus via Juris esimi, et liberari, ac in dicta eorum possessione, seu quasi manuteneri, dictamque manifestationem utsupra exhibita ad Acta Cancellariae Consistorialis tanquam laesiva honoris, et famae dictorum Exponentium nulla, irritamque declarari, eorumque Auctores moneri, ut imposterum se abstineant a similibus, Ideo ad Nos fuerunt eorumdem humiliter supplicantes, quatenus eis in praemissis de opportuno Juris remedio providere, infrascriptamque Monitionem una cum Inhibitione, et Literis Compulsorialibus ex parte decrevimus et concedere velle dignaremur; Nos igitur huiusmodi petitionibus annuentes pro bono pacis, et singulis supradictis ac vestrum cuilibet insolidum tenore praesentium comittimus, ac Virtute S[anctae] Obedientiae mandamus, quatenus statim hisce visis receptis partibus, ex parte Nostra, imo verius Ap[ostoli]ca Auctoritate admoneatis, et requiratis, ac moneri, et requiri faciatis, prout Nos praesentis monemus, et requirimus antedictum Promotorem Fiscalem (ac pollicendo etiam, aliosque in executione praesentium nominandos et cognominandos, quatenus infra sex dierum spatium quorum duos pro primo, duos pro secundo, et reliquos duos dies pro tertio, ultimo, et peremptorio termino, Canonicaque Monitione assignetis, assignarique curetis, prout Nos assignamus eidemque moniti sub 500 ducatorum auri de Camera eis applicandorum, et pro illis mandati executivi, ac in Juris subsidium Excommunicationis aliisque arbitrio Nostro poenis debeant, et ipsorum quilibet debeat praefatum Instrumentum Concordiae et Conventionis initae anno 1514. inter Civitatem Leopoliensem et Capitulum Ecclesiae omniaque et singula in eodem Instrumento contenta et expressa inviolabiliter, et ad unguem observasse, attendisse, et adimplevisse ac debitae plenariae et omnimodae executioni demandasse, proutque plenariae, et in omnem effectum sortiri, et obtinere fecisse, ac pro effectu observationis, et executionis eorum praefatos Exponentes in dicta eorum quieta, et pacifica possessione administrandi Hospitale, deputandi Provisores, Praepositos, aliosque Ministros, opera quae omnia gerendi eamdem ipsam administrationem quomodolibet concernentia manutenuisse, defendisse, et conservasse, manutenerique, defendi, et conservari fecisse, et fecerint, ab omnibusque iactationibus, et molestiis super praemissis eisdem Exponentibus quomodolibet illatis, datis, factis, et propositis, vel inferri comminatis, dandisque, et ingerendis in futurum penitus, et omnino cessasse, destitisse, ac se abstinuisse, et manifestationem ad Acta Cancellariae Consistorialis nuper exhibitam nullam, irritamque declarasse, ac declarari curasse. Seque ad hoc irritandi mandatumque et mandata exequenda decerni, et relaxari, Sententias ferri, et promulgari, Jus, et Justitia fieri, et ministrari, aliaque in praemissis desuper necessaria, et opportuna fieri, decerni, et interveniri vidisse et audivisse imploremus deducendoque salvo jure non adstringendo se non solum, sed et o[mn]ibus, et quibuslibet omnino paruisse. Alioquin eodem die monitos, et citatos, si in praemissis se gravatos fore censerint, peremptorie citetis, citarique curetis, prout Nos citamus eodem die praesente, quatenus sexagesima die juridica post partium executionem compareant coram Nobis in Judicio legitime coram Nobis causae eorum, passim gravaminis allegaturi, et Justitiae complementum consecuturi. Certificantes eundem monitum et citatum, quod sive in dicto Monitorij termino comparuerint, sive non, Nos nihilominus ad praemissa et alia quaecunque Juris et facti remedia procedemus, Justitia mediante, ipsorumque Citatorum contumacia vel absentia non obstante. Sit insuper Inhibeatis, praecipiatis, et mandetis, prout Nos praesentibus inhibemus, praecipimus, et mandamus dicto Promotori Causarum Archiep[iscopa]li Leopolien[sis], aliisque in executione praesentium nominandis et cognominandis, ne sub iam dictis poenis audeant, vel praesumant dictos Exponentes in dicta sua praemissis illorumque causa, et occasione praedictorum pacifica possessione molestare, vexare, et perturbare, seu molestari facere, minusque novam alteram manifestationem in laesionem honoris ac famae dictorum Exponentium condere, et ad Acta exhibere, Provisoresque Hospitij quocumque modo molestare, aut quidquid aliud innovare, seu attentare praesentes quovis sub praetextu, quod si fecerint, id totum [...]. Sit insuper vobis omnibus, et singulis supradictis comittimus pariter, et mandamus, ut praemissum Rev[eren]dum Adalbertum Mirkiewicz Consistorij Leopolien[sis] Notarium, apud quem existit Instrumentum dictae manifestationis, omnesque, ac singulos alios Notarios, et Cancellarios Curiis aliisque Personis quascunque sint, penes quos existunt alia omnia Jura, Scripturas, documenta, et quaecumque processus pro jure causae directos, vel indirecte, et quomodo facientia et pertinentia ad eamdem manifestationem Instrumenta et ad illa, et illorum dandam et extradandam in Authentica forma partibus seu partium Defensori cum solutione debitae mercedis legitime servato procedere per Sententias, et Censuras Ecclesiae, ac etiam pecuniariis poenas cogatis, et compellatis, gravetisque, ac aggravetis, cogique, et compelli, gravarique faciatis usque ad integram traditionem, et consignationem. Taliterque in quorum fidem praesentes datum Romae ex Curia Innocentiana Montis Citatorii, hac die 11. Februarii 1764. Donatus Arch[idia]c[on]us Cancellarius A[postoli]cus ss[t] N. Archiep[iscop]us Mitylen[ensis] Judex et Locumt[enens] etc. [W prawym dolnym rogu:] Monitorium juris fac[ien]d[i] sub ob[servati]one et execut[i]one ac manut[en]t[i]o[ne] cum inhib[iti]o[n]e una cum litteris compulsorialibus [W lewym dolnym rogu:] m: fol: 58. [Verso:] [Nota 1:] Nro 56. [Nota 2:] N. S: 56 [Nota 3:] Ex fasc. 275. / 1764. [Pieczęć tuszowa okrągła:] АРХІВУМ АКТ ДАВНІХ У М. ЛЬВОВІ