129 Apostolate or Contemplation: 1677-1723 their time in the novitiate.229 During this period in the Order, there was no shortage of devout and learned Marians, drawn to the Order by the fame of the holiness of Fr. Stanislaus. 230 Documents of the informative process of 1751 contain testimony by witnesses naming six Marians who were formed under the direction of Father Founder and who died in the opinion of holiness during the administration of Joachim Kozłowski. One witness to the life of the Marians of that time gave them such a remarkable testimony: “These were the men of excellent morals, of exemplary lives and perfect virtues; they were taught by the example of the Servant of God Stanislaus, while they were living under his administration.”231 Bishop Hieronim Wierzbowski gave a favorable opinion of these Marians in 1699: “Moreover, this Institute of admirable love [...] has excellent members of noble origin, endowed with knowledge, virtues and an exemplary life.”232 It is difficult to assume that within three years, they all passed away. The Provincial Minister of the Reformates, Fr. Bonaventure Klein, stated in a letter of 1705 that Fr. Kozłowski had entrusted himself and his Congregation to their “leadership and care.”233 In the Franciscan chronicles, there are requests from the years 1702, 1703, 1704, 1709, 1715, and 1716 addressed to their Order” authorities by Fr. Kozłowski, asking for the appointment of a Franciscan visitor and vicar to preside over the proceedings of the Marian Chapters.234 In 229 Pisma fundacyjne. Praecepta, series: “Źródła Mariańskie”, t. 2, introduction by A. Pakuła, J. Kałowski, Warszawa 2007, pp. 181-183. 230 Positio, Papczyński, s. 807. “Eius sanctitatis fama commoti nonnuli piissimi ac doctissimi viri in dictum eremum ad pedes Servi Dei convolarunt, sese illius Regimini atque Instituto submittendo, eoque Duce adeo in via spiritus profecerunt, ut omnes ferme primi huius Congregationis Patres cum Sanctitatis fama decesserint, veluti alter pater Stanislaus, pater Josephus, pater Cyprianus, pater Constatinus ac pater [frater] Antonius Cinski.” 231 Ibid, art. 15. Similar information about Father Papczyński’s spiritual sons comes from another article: “Viri optime morati, exemplares in vita sua, omnique perfectione virtutum praediti, qui Patres huiusmodi exemplaritate a Servo Dei Stanislao, cum sub eius gubernio viverent, imbuti erant [...] optime novi Patres istos... fuisse vitae exemplaris viros, et In hac Religione Marianorum Sancte occubisse”, Positio, Papczyński, footnote. 10. 232 S. Sydry, O. Stanisław, p. 228. 233 Cap. Gen., 18-19. 234 A. Koralewicz, Additament, pp. 175, 176, 180, 181, 190, 191, 223. To illustrate, in 1702: “[...] at that time, from the letters of Father Vicar General Cherub, the Province was fully aware of the aggregation and acceptance ad Consodalitium by the entire Seraphic Order of Fathers in Poland, previously known as Stanislaite, and now named Mariani, after making profession on the Rule of the Order of Decem placitorum […]. These Fathers, under the title of Immaculatae Conceptionie V. Mariae, are admitted to this brotherhood of our Order. That year, after the
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