Lumen 2018

kept: the matter was discussed at the local dietines [sejmiki] and the majority of the delegates voted in support of the cause, which was later approved by the General Diet (in session from March 17 to May 4, 1666). 254 In connection with this matter, Fr. Caputi gave a beautiful testimony about Fr. Stanislaus: “The Provincial Superior entrusted this matter to one religious, named Stanislaus, a Pole, a very knowledgeable and enterprising man, who, through his skill in dealing with people, gained the trust of almost all of the powerful representatives, both lay and the clergy. He managed to persuade them to support what he wanted to obtain, for they saw in him a very humble and pious man [...] This religious began talks with these men and persuaded them to support the cause that he represented. They promised him that as soon as the matter was presented at the dietines, they would cast their votes in support, so that petitions to the pope, requesting the beatification of Fr. Joseph, founder of the Piarists, 255 could be sent.” After Fr. Papczynski had received a letter of support of the beatifi- cation cause 256 from the General Diet, he also obtained many indi- vidual letters from many prominent Church and lay personages supporting the beatification cause of Joseph Calasantius. 257 Pope Alexander VII, impressed by such a large number of letters, said once to Cardinal Rospigliosi that the entire world moved to support the beatification cause of the founder of the Piarists. 258 There is no doubt that Fr. Stanislaus also deserves credit for this. On October 7, 1667, a decree regarding the introduction of the beatification cause of Joseph Calasantius was received. 259 When Leporini writes that among the many duties that Fr. Stanis- laus fulfilled at the congregation of the Piarist Fathers were also the duties of the Procurator, 260 he is certainly referring to Fr. Papczynski’s involvement in the beatification cause of Joseph Calasantius and not to the office of an Econome, as Navikevicius believes. 261 Numerous letters in support of the beatification cause (originals or copies) that were sent from Poland to Rome between December 22, 1665 and 139 At the Piarist Fathers