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property. 43 He fulfilled the duties associated with both offices very diligently, according to the law in force, and to the great benefit of the residents. His diligence did not always meet with recognition. Thomas often had to deal with the objections and the ill will of his fellow villagers. Once he was even called before the court for having allegedly broken the rules of the law. But his accusers died before they managed to appear in court and “the mayor’s innocence was revealed.” When the pastor of the parish tried to embezzle church money, Thomas did not hesitate to voice his objection. He was once insulted by a neighbor, but gave up revenge and even forgave him the monetary fine that the court had ordered the neighbor to pay for insulting Thomas. Stanislaus Papczynski’s father lived almost one hundred years. He died full of merits around the year 1653, during the time when his son studied at a Jesuit College in Lvov. 44 A Patient Mother Sophia, nee Tacikowska, was the mother of the Founder of the Marians. She came from the village of Niskowa, which belonged to the parish of Podegrodzie. 45 Leporini gives her name as Tacikocoska , which is an equivalent of the Polish Tacikowska , bearing in mind that the Latin translation of the name contains a printing mistake. 46 Wyszynski used the form Tacikouna which translates as Tacikowna . 47 The spelling of the name as Tacikowska was confirmed by two wit- nesses in the Information Process. The name was later erroneously read as Zacikowska . 48 Sophia was Thomas’s third wife. 49 Besides Fr. Stanislaus, she gave birth to six daughters and one more son. 50 The documents mention an older son, Peter, who, after having dropped out of middle school, was employed by the Franciscans of Nowy Sacz as a cantor in their church. 51 We also find mention of one of Stanislaus Papczynski’s sis- ter, whom he recalls in his account of one of his visits at the family home in Podegrodzie around 1674. 52 No information can be found S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 54