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trated Fr. Papczynski’s efforts and accused him before the Visitator of excessive strictness and of leaving the hermitage. In all of these matters, he appealed to his relative, an otherwise respectable man, the Canon of Gniezno. 71 Father Stanislaus’s trip to Cracow, which he made with the per- mission of the Church authorities, 72 was a pretext to accuse him of leaving the hermitage. He went to Cracow in the summer of 1674 in order to submit his work Templum Dei Mysticum for publication. The book was indeed published in Cracow in 1675. At that time, Fr. Papczynski also visited his home village of Podegrodzie in order to execute the testament of the late John Papczynski. 73 While he was there, he fell gravely ill. He was instructed from heaven and healed in visione by St. Joseph Calasantius. Four hours later, he left his sis- ter’s house and set out on a long (about 300 kilometers; 270 kilo- meters in a straight line) journey back to the Korabiew hermitage and reached his destination in perfect health. 74 Let us return to Krajewski for a moment. From the very begin- ning, Fr. Papczynski had many troubles with him. Finally, having prayed for God’s assistance, he summoned this crafty and inconsis- tent man to take an oath, in which he had to promise to live accord- ing to the rules that were binding him. 75 However, when Krajewski approached the Visitator to kiss the crucifix that he was holding, Fr. Stanislaus exclaimed that he should not do it, for he knew Krajewski’s fickleness and wanted to prevent him from committing perjury. He thought that it would be better to test his perseverance for three weeks and then to administer the oath. 76 He did the right thing be- cause the religious observance of his first companion was so poor at that time that he was embarrassed even to talk about it. Mindful of his own imperfections, he recorded all this with a heavy heart, but he did not want to be untruthful by defending or justifying some- thing that was obviously wrong. 77 The Founder of the Marians experienced problems not only with the candidates to the Congregation, but also with the statutes im- S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 266