

Benedictus, penitentiarians regens, domprost i Rimini
Thomas Olavi, vicar of the parish church in Savo (Savolax) in the diocese of Turku, once beat his servant Jakob two or three times with a kind of rope that is commonly used for bow-strings, after Jakob one evening had failed to give him the vessel used to carry grain in to feed the horses. Jakob was not hurt, but hit back with a sieve and put his hands around Thomas’s neck. Thomas tore away the hands and escaped his house and Jakob’s fury. Jakob followed Thomas and caught him, but during the fight Thomas threw Jakob to the ground. Jakob then clawed Thomas’s face with his fingers, and Thomas bit one of Jakob’s fingers until it was blue, but without causing any bloodshed. Other people intervened and separated the two assailants, who made their peace. Jakob begged Thomas’s forgiveness, which was granted, and he took up his previous work again. He worked for three weeks as before and said that he had no trouble with his finger. Then his right hand became swollen, probably because of neglect, and an incompetent doctor cut up the hand from inside and out. At the moment of his death, Jakob himself claimed in front of witnesses that this cut was the reason for his death, excusing Thomas from any responsibility. The regent Benedictus, provost of Rimini, refers the case to the diocesan bishop and commissions him to declare Thomas innocent and not irregular, on condition that the facts above are true.
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Auctoritate Papae. The Church Province of Uppsala and the Apostolic Penitentiary 1410–1526. Sara Risberg (edition), Kirsi Salonen (introduction). Stockholm: National Archives of Sweden 2008.
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Thomas Olavi, vicar of the parish church in Savo (Savolax) in the diocese of Turku, once beat his servant Jakob two or three times with a kind of rope that is commonly used for bow-strings, after Jakob one evening had failed to give him the vessel used to carry grain in to feed the horses. Jakob was not hurt, but hit back with a sieve and put his hands around Thomas’s neck. Thomas tore away the hands and escaped his house and Jakob’s fury. Jakob followed Thomas and caught him, but during the fight Thomas threw Jakob to the ground. Jakob then clawed Thomas’s face with his fingers, and Thomas bit one of Jakob’s fingers until it was blue, but without causing any bloodshed. Other people intervened and separated the two assailants, who made their peace. Jakob begged Thomas’s forgiveness, which was granted, and he took up his previous work again. He worked for three weeks as before and said that he had no trouble with his finger. Then his right hand became swollen, probably because of neglect, and an incompetent doctor cut up the hand from inside and out. At the moment of his death, Jakob himself claimed in front of witnesses that this cut was the reason for his death, excusing Thomas from any responsibility. The regent Benedictus, provost of Rimini, refers the case to the diocesan bishop and commissions him to declare Thomas innocent and not irregular, on condition that the facts above are true.
Source: Auctoritate Papae. The Church Province of Uppsala and the Apostolic Penitentiary 1410–1526. Sara Risberg (edition), Kirsi Salonen (introduction). Stockholm: National Archives of Sweden 2008.
Language: English
Language: English
(Penitentiarians) regens Benedictus, domprost i Rimini, ger i uppdrag åt biskopen i Åbo att förklara Tomas Olofsson, kyrkoherde i Savolax i Åbo stift, oskyldig (till mord) och inte irregulär, på villkor att följande uppgifter stämmer: Tomas slog en gång sin tjänare Jakob med ett slags rep, som brukar användas till bågsträngar, för att han inte hade gett honom ett kärl att utfodra hästarna med. Jakob blev inte skadad utan slog tillbaka och lade sina händer runt halsen på Tomas, som slet bort dem och flydde. Jakob följde dock efter, och det uppstod ett slagsmål där Tomas kastade Jakob till marken, Jakob klöste Tomas i ansiktet, och Tomas bet Jakob i ett finger tills det var blått, men utan att blodvite uppstod. Andra människor gick emellan och skilde slagskämparna åt. Jakob bad Tomas om förlåtelse, Tomas förlät honom, och Jakob återupptog sitt arbete. Under tre veckor arbetade han som vanligt och sa att han inte hade några problem med sitt finger. Sedan svullnade högerhanden upp, troligtvis på grund av försummelse, och en oduglig läkare skar upp (av?) handen. I dödsögonblicket hävdade Jakob i vittnens närvaro att detta var orsaken till hans död och att Tomas var fri från allt ansvar.
Source: Svenskt Diplomatariums huvudkartotek över medeltidsbreven.
Language: Swedish
Language: Swedish
Auctoritate Papae
Stockholm
2008
#292
Vatikaani, Archivum Secretum Vaticanum, Archivio della Penitenzieria Apostolica
Svenskt Diplomatariums huvudkartotek över medeltidsbreven (SDHK)
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