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Joseph of the Blessed Mother Warzecha, Provincial Superior in Poland from 1689 to 1692, gave to Fr. Papczynski. He called Fr. Stanislaus his former spiritual father. 273 It should be remembered that this was the same Fr. Warzecha, who, acting as a substitute for Vicar- Provincial Superior Kraus, summoned Fr. Papczynski before the bishop’s tribunal in Cracow in 1671. Thus, not even a trace remained of all the old animosities. Quarrels in the Republic of Poland The events which took place within the Congregation of the Pi- arist Fathers during the last period of Fr. Papczynski’s stay in this order were to a certain degree a reflection of what was going on in Poland at that time. During the election of 1669, the Polish nobility chose Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki to be the King of Poland. He owed his pop- ularity to the bravery of his father, Jeremy Wisniowiecki, a hero of the fights in Ukraine. From the very beginning, the successor of King John Casimir was fought against by the French camp led by the Primate of Poland, Nicholas Prazmowski. He and his followers wanted to in- stall a French prince on the Polish throne. Seeking support in this struggle, King Michael turned to Emperor Leopold I and married his sister, a very young princess Elenore. The wedding took place in Czestochowa on February 27, 1670, but the solemn coronation of the Queen took place on October 19, 1670. A covenant with Austria was of great importance to Poland in the face of a constant threat from the Turks. 274 The Tartars were the Turkish vanguard. As early as 1667, assisted by the Cossacks, they had organized a great campaign, which was nevertheless stopped at Podhajce by the Hetman of Poland John So- bieski, who had only three thousand soldiers at that time. S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 220