angelic doctor 820 the one who delivered the oration] I boast and declare myself to be a student in Rhetoric.” And we know that Fr. Papczyński taught rhetoric at the College of the Pious Schools in Warsaw from 1663 to 1667. Father Stanislaus appears as the author of other writings under the name of Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary. He was known both in the Order of the Pious Schools and the Congregation of Marian Fathers which he founded, as the author of Doctor Angelicus and was also mentioned as such by his bibliographers.2 It should be noted that Fr. Papczyński’s surviving manuscripts include a document entitled The Sun of the Theologians, on Saint Thomas or, The Sun of the Theologians, Saint Thomas. It is possible that this may be a different speech that Fr. Papczyński delivered as a preacher of the Warsaw monastery of the Pious Schools at the Dominican Church in Warsaw in the years 1663-1667. b. Time of the Creation of the Work It may be assumed that Fr. Papczyński composed this speech (which received the title Doctor Angelicus when printed) before March 7 this same year of 1664, when he received an invitation from the Dominicans to speak at their church during the celebrations in honor of St. Thomas. DA was prepared for this occasion and was wholly connected to the feast. This is supported by the frequent salutions to “my learned hearers” who were present in the Church at that time. c. Original Edition The title page shows the place of printing as Elert’s Printing House; no year of publication was given. However, it may be assumed with a good deal of certainty that the release took place the same year. This is confirmed to some extent by the fact that DA is dedicated to Albert Grabiecki as the Superior of the Dominican 2 Cf. St. Estreicher, “Bibliografia Polska XXIV,” Kraków 1912, p. 54.
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