Lumen 2018

379 The End of Father Stanislaus’s Life ing requests from the second group are: a letter from John Lasocki, Cupbearer for the Region of Lukow, 60 a letter from Stanislaus Grzy- bowski, Standard Bearer for the Region of Czersk, 61 two requests from Francis Grzybowski, Castellan of Inowroclaw, 62 and three re- quests from Alexander Zaluski, Palatine of Rawa. 63 The request sent by Bishop Wierzbowski is probably the most important one because it came from the highest church authority in the diocese, in which the Marian institute was founded. Even though Bishop Wierzbowski was the administrator of the Diocese of Poznan for only a few days at that time, he knew Fr. Papczynski and other Marians very well because, since January 1, 1677, he had held the office of Vicar General for this diocese. After his uncle, Bishop Stephen Wierzbowski, died, he also fulfilled the duties of administrator of the diocese for some time. 64 Therefore, his words of praise for the Marians and their Founder contained in his letter were very valuable. Father Papczynski’s contacts with Bishop Denhoff probably began during their studies together at the Jesuit College at Rawa Ma- zowiecka in the years 1651-1654. In any case, it is certain that the request that Bishop Denhoff sent to the Holy See was sent not as a request from the Ordinary of Przemysl (at that time the Marians did not have any foundation in that diocese), but as a request from the Chief Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland. A duplicate copy of this request does not have any date, but it seems that the request was written on the same day, on which the same bishop sent another re- quest, i.e., on August 2, 1699. Bishop Denhoff sent this second petition to Cardinal Marescotti not only because Marescotti was a friend of his relative, the late Car- dinal Denhoff, but also because Cardinal Marescotii was a person of authority at the Roman Curia. 65 This petition is a valuable testimony to Fr. Stanislaus’s saintliness and the esteem that he enjoyed at that time. It also contains important information which confirms the tra- ditional conviction (expressed by the term in servitiis ) according to