883 apologia for his departure from the order of pious schools 19. I was finally moved to Krakow under the pretext of a reprinting of a book,127 and when the Congregation was already transformed into an Order,128 I placed myself under the jurisdiction of the Most Illustrious and Reverend local Ordinary.129 Therefore, I did not consider that I could remain in the Order in peace. He came from Podoliniec to Krakow and seized me in the most cruel manner with the help of two Ruthenians he brought with himself. Although I wanted to travel by foot, he enclosed me in a covered cart, and half naked, he transported me in the most severe winter for about twenty Gallic miles.130 On the road, he nearly killed me with the pole of the cart that was lowered and pushing into my neck. In Podoliniec, while still ill, he imprisoned me in a locked room and forbade the Sacrament of Extreme Unction to be given to me (as I had asked for it). He ordered that no one come near to me, even as I was already almost dying. He did not permit me to write a letter to the General and to the [Cardinal] Protector,131 and he oppressed me with such violence, that one would find this with difficulty even among tyrants.132 20. Finally, when my Protector, my Most Illustrious diocesan Bishop of Krakow, demanded from him that he bring me back to Krakow,133 he attempted rather for me to be transported to 127 Father Papczyński went from Warsaw to Krakow in mid-September 1669, because he needed to supervise the fourth edition of Prodromus Reginae Artium there, but later the Provincial prohibited him from returning to Warsaw, and after completing his work with the book, he was to move to Rzeszów. Cf. SH, p. 50, n. 77. 128 Clement IX, by his breve Ex iniuncto nobis of October 23, 1669, brought the Piarists back to the status of an Order with solemn vows. Cf. BullRom 17 (1882), 827a-830b. 129 Father Papczyński submitted himself to the jurisdiction of the Ordinary of Krakow towards the end of December 1669. Cf. Positio, pp. 151-153. 130 About 106 kilometers. 131 Cardinal M. Ginetti, protector of the Piarists that this time. 132 For further discussion of these events, cf. Positio, pp. 154-156 (Doc. VI, B. intr. 2) 133 The Ordinary of Krakow, Bishop Andrzej Trzebicki, “arbitratus authoritatem suam laesam” ("being convinced that his authority had been violated"), since Fr. Papczyński was under his jurisdiction, wrote a letter “vindicans innocentem Patrem Stanislaum” ("defending the innocent Fr. Stanislaus") to Fr. Opatowski on January 16, 1670. Cf. SH, p. 50, n. 83.
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