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from Rome, a few other candidates of great spiritual and intellectual attributes came to join Fr. Stanislaus towards the end of 1676. This helped him to overcome his crisis. 107 The First Marians The information regarding Fr. Papczynski’s first companions in his Marian vocation is rather scanty. The members of the Korabiew community left the hermitage immediately after the bishop’s visita- tion. Only Krajewski stayed a little longer, but it soon became evi- dent that he showed no promise as a future Marian. He opposed Fr. Papczynski ruthlessly, and towards the end of 1675, the relations between the two men became very bad indeed. One day, Krajewski insulted Fr. Stanislaus, beat him up severely, and ran away from the hermitage at night, breaking the oath of perseverance that he had taken. 108 Soon after, probably acting as the Procurator of the Marians, Kra- jewski established an institute called “the Hermits of St. Onuphrius” at the Church of St. Martin in Nowa Jerozolima [New Jerusalem, today known as Gora Kalwaria] on the foundation that he had re- ceived from Bishop Wierzbowski. Krajewski and his companions continued to collect donations “for the Marian Hermits,” even though he no longer belonged to them. He wandered around the area, pretending to be a Marian, and it was perhaps as an alleged Marian that he gained the bishop’s favor. Apart from this, he con- tinued to make claims to the foundation at the Korabiew Forest, which he had once relinquished. Thus, a very difficult situation was created, and Fr. Stanislaus took the matter to the Church Tribunal in order to resolve it. As a result of the trial, Krajewski relinquished his claims to both foundations, at Nowa Jerozolima and at the Ko- rabiew Forest, most likely in exchange for some monetary compen- sation. In this manner, the two men and their communities made peace. 109 279 Foundation of a New Religious Order