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failed. Good fortune seemed to be abandoning the aging king. Napoleon’s saying that: “Fortune is like a woman — it favors the young and turns away from the old” is so true in reference to King Sobieski. 245 The war with Turkey finally ended after Sobieski’s death with the peace Treaty of Karlowice, signed in January 1699. On the basis of this agreement, Poland regained Podolia with Kamieniec and the territories of the Palatinate of Kiev and Braclav that it had lost after 1672. It was only then that the war between Poland and Turkey, which had lasted for so many years, came to an end. The peace treaty also put an end to the attacks by the Tartars against Poland. 246 The Bishop’s Privileges The next significant legal act following the canonical erection of the Congregation of Marians in 1679 and King Sobieski’s privilege, was the breve issued by Pope Innocent XI on March 20, 1681, Cum sicut accepimus . The document bestowed many privileges on the Marians, such as plenary indulgences granted upon entering the Con- gregation, at the hour of death, and on the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Various partial indulgences were also granted, e.g., for participation in Holy Mass and in devo- tions, as well as for performing acts of mercy. 247 The Shepherd of Poznan was very anxious to secure the future of the Marians, so he continued to encourage them in their efforts to obtain approbation from the Holy See. He himself took appropriate steps in this matter. Although he did not receive complete approba- tion at first, the breve issued by Pope Innocent XI was already, in a sense, a recognition of Fr. Papczynski’s work and a legal foundation for establishing confraternities at the Marian monasteries, as it is men- tioned in the document of the second approbation. 248 Not only Fr. Stanislaus, but also his powerful protector, Bishop Wierzbowski re- joiced in it. The Bishop even issued a special letter on this occasion, 321 Foundation of a New Religious Order