historical writings 924 came under the jurisdiction of the Franciscan Order, he had to ask them to agree to the incorporation of the Marians into the Order of the Immaculate Conception. With that goal in mind, he wrote this letter to the Order of Friars Minor in the name and on behalf of all members of the Marian Fathers. The text of this letter is known to us today from the Protocollum Ordinis, from which the letter also gained its title, as assigned by the editor. [A Letter of Entreaty to the Order of Friars Minor] Most Reverend Fathers in Christ, Most Venerable Lord Patrons, 1. Because the holy Order of Nuns of the Immaculate Conception, approved by Pope Julius II and generously endowed by Roman Pontiffs with many privileges, graces, and indults, and remaining under the jurisdiction and direction of Your Seraphic Order, shining with great renown for its sanctity and perfection,308 so, too, our small Congregation of the Immaculate Conception canonically erected in the Kingdom of Poland by the Bishop of Poznań, Stephen Wierzbowski, Archbishop-elect of Gniezno, for the sake of aiding the faithful departed deprived of aid,309 accepted under the perpetual protection310 of the Most Eminent King and the Republic, endowed with certain indulgences and a Confraternity through Innocent XI of holy memory,311 roused by zeal for greater perfection and perpetual stability, 2. resorts to the bosom of Your Clemency and Holiness, most humbly beseeching [you] that you would deign to incorporate it to the aforementioned Order of the Immaculate Conception, mission of their Order to the jurisdiction of the Order of Friars Minor. Cf. Positio, p. 506, n. 3, where more information about this Order is given. 308 Cf. Positio, p. 508, n. 1. 309 The first canonical erection of the Congregation of Marian Fathers by Bishop Stephen Wierzbowski took place place on April 21, 1679. Cf. Positio, pp. 392-400 (Doc. XI, 4). The purpose of aiding the faithful departed is mentioned in the document from this occasion. 310 Cf. Positio, pp. 376-378 (Doc. X, 7) 311 Cf. Positio, pp. 404-409 (Doc. XI, 6).
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