MARIANS IN 1670-1788 116 favorable time for opening new Marian foundations. At the 1702 Chapter, Fr. Ludwik Borzewski, a Reformed Franciscan, due to the small number of Marians, even forbade the establishment of new foundations. This decree was faithfully followed by Fr. Joachim Kozłowski, associated with the Franciscans, which is why Goźlin was established even during his time in Rome. It can be assumed that the number of Marians in 1710 did not exceed twenty religious, around ten of whom were priests. In 1715, twenty-five Marians were recorded, including thirteen priests, and the rest were brothers and clerics.193 In 1710, the office of superior general was held by Fr. Constantine of St. Casimir,194 who that same year began negotiations with Fr. John Przygodzki, pastor of Suchożebry in the Diocese of Łuck in Podlasie and the canon of Kamieniec, about a new foundation and the Marians’ taking over the site in Skórzec. 193 Prot. Ord., pp. 272-273. 194 Fr. Constantine of St. Casimir was a pious and esteemed religious, highly regarded by Fr. Papczyński. He is mentioned in the informational process among six Marians who, drawn by the fame of holiness of Fr. Papczyński as viri piissimi ac doctissimi entered the Marian Order. See Positio, Papczyński, p. 807. The same priest was among the six other Marians who signed their consent to accept the Rule of the Ten Virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary. See ibid, p. 552. The church and the monastery in Skórzec (present-day view).
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