819 introduction INTRODUCTION a. Author Doctor Angelicus (DA) is an oration delivered in 1664, on the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinus at the Dominican Church in Warsaw,1 by St. Stanislaus Papczyński, a member of the Piarist Order at that time. Later this oration appeared in print under the full title given on the title page as Doctor Angelicus in sui Ordinis Varsaviensi Basilica, pro nostri laudatus a P. Stanislao a Iesu Maria, Clericorum Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum Sacerdote. There is no doubt that Fr. Papczyński is the author of the oration, furthermore, it is certain that he not only delivered the oration, but also composed it. This is proven by the title page, which names him as the speaker, and it was customary that the speaker would deliver an oration of his own authorship. Admittedly, the speaker’s last name is not given, but it can be asserted that it meant Stanislaus Papczyński, since at that time, i.e., in 1664, there was no other Piarist by the name of Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary in the Polish Province of the Institute of the Pious Schools. We know from many documents that John Papczyński accepted that religious name after joining the Institute of the Pious Schools, and various documents from the time of his membership in this Institute (1654-1670) simultaneously mention him by his name in the Congregation (Father Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary), and by his secular name (John Papczyński). Father Papczyński’s authorship is also indicated by the note added by Franciszek Grzybowski to the dedication of this oration: “he of whom [i.e., 1 Meaning the Church of St. Jacek, which was sponsored by the Dominican Fathers in Warsaw in 1603; however, its construction started later and was finished in 1638.
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