Bull of Pope Clement VIII to the people of the Lviv diocese regarding the appointment of Archbishop Jan Zamoyski

Clement, 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, having consulted with our brothers and by the fullness of our apostolic authority, we have released our venerable brother Jan, Archbishop of Lviv, formerly of Chełm, from the bond by which he was bound to the Church of Chełm, which he then headed, and by the same apostolic authority, we have transferred him to the Church of Lviv, which was then deprived of the comfort of a shepherd due to the death of the late Jan Dymitr, of holy memory, formerly Archbishop of Lviv, who passed away outside the Roman Curia, and we have established him as Archbishop and shepherd of the same [church], entrusting to him fully the care and administration of the said Church of Lviv in spiritual and temporal matters, as is more fully contained in our letters drawn up in this matter. Therefore, we admonish and earnestly encourage your community, commanding you by apostolic letter, that by piously receiving the said Archbishop Jan as your father and shepherd of souls and surrounding him with due reverence, you be humbly obedient to his salutary admonitions and commands. So that Archbishop Jan himself may rejoice that he has found in you sons of devotion, and you in him—consequently, a benevolent father. Given in Rome at Saint Peter's, in the year of the Lord's Incarnation one thousand six hundred and three, on the day before the Nones of February [February 4], in the twelfth year of our pontificate. [On the left side above the plica:] Clar. [On the plica on the right side, decorative letters in curial style:] [...]nminatus [Below the plica / on the fold, signatures and chancery notes:] [Center:] [...] Venantius [?] C. Pamphilus V. Castoreus [On the left:] Hier. Biger[...] J. [...] [Lower left:] Jo. Flic. Militus J. Bomby[...] [Seal:] [Lead papal bull of Clement VIII on a hemp cord; obverse: images of the heads of St. Peter and St. Paul separated by a cross, above them the inscription: SPA SPE; reverse: CLE/MENS/PAPA/VIII] [Verso:] [Signature:] Castoreus [Note in the center:] Chaussery on behalf of the Master [pro Magistro] [Archival note:] 1603 / Arca [...] / No. [...] / H 5 [Regest note from the 17th century:] Apostolic brief to the people of the city of Lviv regarding the pious reception and showing of due reverence to the most illustrious and most reverend Father in Christ, Lord Jan Zamoyski, Archbishop, as father and shepherd of their souls, etc. Rome, February 4, 1603. Presented at his first entry into Lviv to his cathedral and archiepiscopal see, on March 16, 1605, according to the custom [...]

Clemens ep[iscopu]s servus servor[um] dei Dilectis filiis Populo civitatis et dioc[esis] Leopolien[sis] Salut[em] et ap[ostoli]cam ben[edictionem]. Hodie Venerabilem fr[atr]em n[ost]r[u]m Joannem Archiep[iscop]um Leopolien[sem] nuper Chelmen[sem] a vinculo quo Eccl[esi]e Chelmen[si] cui tunc preerat tenebatur de fratrum n[ost]ror[um] consilio et ap[ostoli]ce potestatis plenitudine absolventes illum ad Eccl[esi]am Leopolien[sem] tunc per obitum bone memorie Joannis Demetrii olim Archiep[iscop]i Leopolien[sis] extra Romanam Curiam defuncti pastoris solatio destitutam de simili consilio ap[ostoli]ca auct[orita]te transtulimus ipsumq[ue] illi in Archiep[iscop]um prefecimus et pastorem curam et administra[ti]onem ipsius Eccl[esi]e Leopolien[sis] sibi in sp[ir]ualibus et t[em]p[o]ralibus plenarie committendo prout in n[ost]ris inde confectis l[itte]ris plenius continetur. Quocirca Universitatem v[est]ram monem[us] et hortamur attente vobis per ap[ostoli]ca scripta mandantes quatenus eundem Joannem Archiep[iscop]um tanq[uam] patrem et pastorem a[n]i[m]a[rum] v[est]rar[um] devote suscipientes et debita honorificentia prosequentes eius monitis et mandatis salubribus humiliter intendatis. Ita q[uo]d ipse Joannes Archiep[iscop]us in vobis devotionis filios et vos in eo per consequens patrem benevolum invenisse gaudeatis. Dat[um] Rome apud S[anctum] Petrum Anno Incarnationis D[omi]nice Millesimo sexcentesimo tertio Pridie Non[as] Februarii Pontif[icatus] n[ost]ri Anno Duodecimo. [Po lewej stronie nad pliką:] Clar. [Na plice po prawej stronie ozdobne litery w stylu kurialnym:] [...]nminatus [Pod pliką / na zakładce podpisy i noty kancelaryjne:] [Środek:] [...] Venantius [?] C. Pamphilus V. Castoreus [Po lewej:] Hier. Biger[...] J. [...] [Niżej po lewej:] Jo. Flic. Militus J. Bomby[...] [Pieczęć:] [Ołowiana bulla papieska Klemensa VIII na sznurze konopnym; awers: wizerunki głów św. Piotra i św. Pawła przedzielone krzyżem, nad nimi napis: SPA SPE; rewers: CLE/MENS/PAPA/VIII] [Verso:] [Podpis:] Castoreus [Nota pośrodku:] Chaussery p[ro] Mag[ist]ro [Nota archiwalna:] 1603 / Arca [...] / No [...] / H 5 [Nota regestowa z XVII w.:] Breve Apostolicum ad populum Civitatis Leopol[iensis] pro Ill[ustrissi]mo et R[everendissi]mo in Christo Patre D[omi]no Joanne Zamoyski Archiepiscopo in Patrem et Pastorem animarum suarum devote suscipiendo et cum debita honorificentia prosequendo etc. Romae 4 Febru[arii] 1603. Oblatum vero in primo Leopoliem[?] suo ingressu ad suam Cathedram et sedem Archiepiscopalem, die XVI Martii, Anno 1605, more [...]