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celebrations connected with the coronation of King Michael [Kory- but Wisniowiecki], which was to take place there on September 29, 1669. However, his main goal was to supervise the publication of the fourth edition of his textbook of rhetoric Prodromus Reginae Artium , which was, indeed, published in Cracow in the winter of 1669/ 1670. 133 It seems that Fr. Stanislaus’s departure was convenient for both Provincial Superior Opatowski and Rector Haligowski as it gave them an opportunity to remove Fr. Papczynski from the Warsaw house. 134 The Provincial Superior intended to transfer Papczynski to Rzeszow, anyway, and, for the time being, allowed him to remain in Cracow after the king’s coronation, so that he could supervise the publication of his textbook of rhetoric. 135 Meanwhile, Fr. Stanislaus was awaiting a response from Rome. Since it had not come, he wrote another request to the Superior General in the middle of October. The Pope’s Breve At that time, an important legal act was issued, which was of great importance to the future of the Piarists and Papczynski himself. Pope Clement IX, in his breve of October 23, 1669, entitled Ex in- iuncto nobis , restored the former privileges to the Piarists and raised them to the rank of an order with solemn vows. 136 But no member of the congregation could be forced to move from simple vows to solemn vows, and those who did not want to remain in the congre- gation could leave it. However, the pope did not specify in his breve what the appropriate procedure should be and under whose juris- diction the members waiting to be released from the simple vows were. After the breve had been issued, each member was obliged to profess the vows again if he wanted to remain in the community. Soon after, on December 9, 1669, Pope Clement IX died, and this matter was never clarified. Father Papczynski had no reservations about the solemn vows, but since he intended to leave the Piarists, he took the opportunity and, on December 20, 1669, sent yet another request to the Supe- 187 At the Crossroads