Father Casimir Wyszynski

book Templum Dei Mysticum [Mystical Temple of God], 242 which was a unique textbook on Christian spirituality of the period. Fa- ther Stanislaus explained the nature of Christian life based on the biblical concept of a temple of God as personified by every bap- tized individual. Later, when hewas in Rome, Father Casimir pre- pared the biography of the Marian Founder, which he finished in Portugal. In this work, Father Casimir endeavored to present the entire richness of Saint Stanislaus Papczyński’s spirituality. 243 Venerable Casimir frequently reminded his Portuguese con- freres that he was not the founder of the Marian Order: its first founder was the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the second, the holy Father Stanislaus, and with his finger he would point to Saint Stanislaus’ image. 244 Upon his admission to theMarianOrder, Father Casimir began meeting peoplewho knewFather Papczyński personally and be- lieved him to be a saint. These people later testified to Father Stanislaus’s exemplary religious and priestly life and about the prophesies and healings granted through his intercession. All of this further strengthened Father Casimir in the opinion that the Marian Founder was a holyman and that he ought to be elevated to the glory of the altar. Therefore, after becoming the superior of the Marian monastery in Góra Kalwaria (1739-1747), he at- tended to the preservation of Father Stanislaus’s earthly remains, which had been deposited on the day of his funeral in a shallow grave that was dug out in wet ground under the floor of the Church of Our Lord’s Cenacle. For the first time, the grave was opened in 1705, after obtain- ing permission for exhumation. It was confirmed then that the remains had not decayed and did not emanate a bad odor but a pleasant one, even though the coffin had totally disintegrated. Only the face in the nose area of the body was slightly decayed. Father Stanislaus’s habit did not lose its color either. At that time, 242 S. Papczyński, Templum Dei Mysticum , Cracoviae 1675. 243 Stróż duchowego dziedzictwa marianów …, 11. 244 A. Fischer, Życie, cnoty i śmierć święta … , 72. 168 T ADEUSZ R OGALEWSKI , MIC, P H D