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Letter to Mons. Federico Maria Giovanelli
Tourraine, 5th of July 1768.
Letter to Mons. Federico Maria Giovanelli
From: Dr. P. Panacek
Monseigneur,
let me start by kneeling before you and kiss your ring as a sign of my respect for you and Our Holy Church.
First of all i do want to offer my condolences to the family of Soeur Maria Sofia and let them know i have said some prayers in rescue to her immortal soul. "Requiem ternam dona eis, Domine et lux perpetua luceat eis."
But the reason i write you this letter is from another dimension. With astonishment i have read your Bull "Communication to the Faithful following invasion of the convent in Dorsoduro and the murder of Suor Maria Sofia". Especially the following sentence has raised my eyebrow: "Reports that bodies of victims have been removed by curious and malicious foreigners have further upset His Excellency Most Reverend". Your excellency, i do have to object to these accusations. Yes indeed, i am the one who examined the body of the poor lady in question, and brought to light the foul circumstances of her death. But i did it on the explicit demand of Madame M. T. Milneaux - Vendramin. She is a noble Venetian woman, who's parents also have been murdered under awful circumstances, long time ago.
Monseigneur... This lady has been poisoned. Without my intervention, and that of my friends and co-workers, the awful truth would never have been discovered. I don't have to remind you that manslaughter is still a deathly sin. Without the techniques of modern science nobody would ever have known what happened to this poor woman. Her true identity is still unknown and nobody besides us has mourned or prayed for this unfortunate lady. Not like Soeur Maria Sofia, who had a caring family and the support of our Holy Church. Without our intervention she would have been buried in some anonymous mass grave. At least now she is buried in Holy Ground at the Duchy, with the support of our dear friend friar Wasar.
It makes me very sad you place me and my co-workers at the same level with the fearless criminal who brought an end to this womans life. Furthermore i have to explicitly declare that we have NO intention at all to desacrate the resting place of Sister Maria Sofia. The merely thought only is enough to make my stomach turn around. Monseigneur, i am a man of science, with a high personal feeling of honor, responsibility and duty, and certainly no ordinary grave robber. I never had, and will never have any evil intentions. So help me God.
But a word of warning is in order. Please don't forget monseigneur, there is still a killer on the loose. a disciple of Satan himself. Already two victims are counted, how many more must follow before the TRUE criminal is caught and brought to justice?
Let me quote Franois-Marie Arouet who's work i admire very much: "What is faith? Is it to believe that which is evident? No. It is perfectly evident to my mind that there exists a necessary, eternal, supreme, and intelligent being. This is no matter of faith, but of reason."
Monseigneur, let us focus ourselves on the very essence of this enigma. Let not only God be your guide, but also Reason, because it is God Himself who has gifted us with this precious ability to think and analyze. The real murderer must be brought to justice.
Please forgive me my argumentation, but with all do respect, i wanted this matter cleared out as soon as possible.
Again i kneel before you as a sign of respect for you and the Wisdom of Our Holy Church.
Your servant, Dr. P. Panacek, Chirurgien de Guerre.
Letter to Mons. Federico Maria Giovanelli
From: Dr. P. Panacek
Monseigneur,
let me start by kneeling before you and kiss your ring as a sign of my respect for you and Our Holy Church.
First of all i do want to offer my condolences to the family of Soeur Maria Sofia and let them know i have said some prayers in rescue to her immortal soul. "Requiem ternam dona eis, Domine et lux perpetua luceat eis."
But the reason i write you this letter is from another dimension. With astonishment i have read your Bull "Communication to the Faithful following invasion of the convent in Dorsoduro and the murder of Suor Maria Sofia". Especially the following sentence has raised my eyebrow: "Reports that bodies of victims have been removed by curious and malicious foreigners have further upset His Excellency Most Reverend". Your excellency, i do have to object to these accusations. Yes indeed, i am the one who examined the body of the poor lady in question, and brought to light the foul circumstances of her death. But i did it on the explicit demand of Madame M. T. Milneaux - Vendramin. She is a noble Venetian woman, who's parents also have been murdered under awful circumstances, long time ago.
Monseigneur... This lady has been poisoned. Without my intervention, and that of my friends and co-workers, the awful truth would never have been discovered. I don't have to remind you that manslaughter is still a deathly sin. Without the techniques of modern science nobody would ever have known what happened to this poor woman. Her true identity is still unknown and nobody besides us has mourned or prayed for this unfortunate lady. Not like Soeur Maria Sofia, who had a caring family and the support of our Holy Church. Without our intervention she would have been buried in some anonymous mass grave. At least now she is buried in Holy Ground at the Duchy, with the support of our dear friend friar Wasar.
It makes me very sad you place me and my co-workers at the same level with the fearless criminal who brought an end to this womans life. Furthermore i have to explicitly declare that we have NO intention at all to desacrate the resting place of Sister Maria Sofia. The merely thought only is enough to make my stomach turn around. Monseigneur, i am a man of science, with a high personal feeling of honor, responsibility and duty, and certainly no ordinary grave robber. I never had, and will never have any evil intentions. So help me God.
But a word of warning is in order. Please don't forget monseigneur, there is still a killer on the loose. a disciple of Satan himself. Already two victims are counted, how many more must follow before the TRUE criminal is caught and brought to justice?
Let me quote Franois-Marie Arouet who's work i admire very much: "What is faith? Is it to believe that which is evident? No. It is perfectly evident to my mind that there exists a necessary, eternal, supreme, and intelligent being. This is no matter of faith, but of reason."
Monseigneur, let us focus ourselves on the very essence of this enigma. Let not only God be your guide, but also Reason, because it is God Himself who has gifted us with this precious ability to think and analyze. The real murderer must be brought to justice.
Please forgive me my argumentation, but with all do respect, i wanted this matter cleared out as soon as possible.
Again i kneel before you as a sign of respect for you and the Wisdom of Our Holy Church.
Your servant, Dr. P. Panacek, Chirurgien de Guerre.
Federico Maria Giovanelli,Priest of the Archdiocese of Venezia, San Pietro in CastelloTo Pekel Panacek,Doctor of Medicine and Military Surgeon, TourraineHealth and prayerful greetings.The letter written by the acclaimed Doctor on 5 July last reached me in these days, delayed perhaps during the crossing of the Dolomites. However, it remains unclear to me whether the Esteemed Doctor intended to address his concerns to the Archbishop or to myself. Thus I have taken the letter to His Excellency the Most Reverend Patriarch of Venice, Mons. Bragadin.His Excellency the Archbishop thanks the Admirable Doctor for the letter and would note that the matter at hand is not one of faith, but one of justice. Noting that the Esteemed Doctor has always proposed to serve this cause, His Excellency finds himself in accord with the sentiments expressed in the letter which the Doctor has forwarded to him through me.Justice requires that one collaborate with lawfully constituted authority -- the guardia and the magistratura. This seems to have been neglected in the case under discussion. Certainly the Respected Doctor is not ill-informed as to the workings of Venetian law, nor can his dedicated entourage be unaware of the centuries-long commitment of the confraternities and the scuole that dedicate their energies to the relief of the poor and the burial of the dead in every sector of our city and most serene republic.Of these matters and others, His Excellency the Most Reverend Patriarch Bragadin would be more than pleased to speak with the Esteemed Surgeon. So saying, His Excellency invites the Renominated Doctor to call upon him at the Curia adjacent to the cathedral parish of San Pietro in Castello when next visiting the most serene republic and the capital city.In conveying the Archbishop's personal greetings to the Honourable Doctor and his family, I add my own respectful regards.Given at San Pietro in Castello, on the 5th day of August in the year of Our Lord 1,768.Federico Maria dei conti GiovanelliPriest of the Archdiocese of VeneziaDomestic prelate to His Holiness Clement XIII