Father Wyszynski Pilgrimage

ried out his duties in Rome for two years (1751-53), effectively fending off the false “Marians” from Vil- nius (who usurped the rights of his Order) and, among other things, preparing the beatification process of the Founder. Being sent to Portugal in 1753, he was greatly mistreated in Lisbon by a man who used deceit to bring the Marians there. However, in October 1754, Fr. Casimir eventually obtained from the Ordinary of the Miranda Diocese (presently Diocese of Bragan ç a) a place for the Order on Mount Balsam ã o. He died of malignant fever on October 21, 1755, in the opinion of holiness, having received the sacraments of the Church and being in the middle of his committed work of for- matting the first Portuguese Marian community of her- mits residing at this hermitage near the Marian Shrine. He was put to rest near the main altar at the church in Balsam ã o, greatly mourned by all. Examination of Testimonies The opinion of holiness that the Servant of God enjoyed already in his lifetime, especially during his two-year residency in Portugal, began to spread quick- ly after his death. Less than a year later the Bishop of Miranda, responding to the petition of the Marian community in Balsam ã o, ordered the opening Fr. Casimir’s beatification process. 73 Appendices