historical writings 852 sion to Fr. Novari. This is how SC came to be written. After the death of Fr. Papczyński, this writing was kept in the archive of the Marian Order, but later disappeared, together with other items from the archive. Fr. Wyszyński read it during his stay in the Korabiew Forest. A copy was then sent to him in Rome, and he brought it with him to Portugal. There, he made use of it to describe the youth of Fr. Papczyński in his biography, without speaking of his sins, for these are mentioned in SC in the broader context of Papczyński’s life before entering the Piarist Order. This biography (manuscript 1754) is entitled Vita Ven. S.D. Patris Stanislai a I.M. qui Congregationem Religiosorum Marianorum Immaculatae Conceptionis B.V.M., […] instituit (VW), and in it (§§ 18 and 20) are included both the fragments quoted below. The rest of the text of SC is unknown, because Fr. Wyszyński’s copy was lost after his death. The first fragment of SC contains a reflection of Fr. Papczyński that has the form of a thanksgiving to God and follows in VW after the story of Papczyński’s sufferings in Lvov during the years 1648-1649.4 Fr. Papczyński’s first stay in Lvov brought him much physical and spiritual suffering, which Fr. Wyszyński calls the crux Leopoliensis (Lvovian cross). Fr. Wyszyński testifies to the authenticity of the quoted fragment of SC with the words: “Here I am quoting words written by the hand of the venerable servant of God Stanislaus himself; they are as follows.”5 And after quoting the fragment he adds: “By this thanksgiving to God he (Papczyński) ends this his account of that Lvovian cross...”6 In the second fragment of SC, Fr. Papczyński gives thanks to God for the spiritual benefit gained by the experience of shepherding sheep in the summer of 1650. After returning from Lvov to Podegrodzie (around March 1649), Jan Papczyński convalesced at his home for about a month, and then went to the Piarist College in Podoliniec. He was there during the school 4 Cf. Vita Venerabilis Servi Dei Patris Stanislai a Iesu Maria... (VW), §§ 14-19: Positio, pp. 666-670. 5 Ibid., § 18: Positio, p. 670. 6 VW, § 18 at the end: Positio, p. 670.
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