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BRZOZOWSKI (d. r8zo)  , nineteenth general of the Jesuits, was appointed in succession to Gabriel Gruber on the znd of September 18os . In 18o1 Pius VII. had given the Jesuits liberty to reconstitute themselves in north Russia (see JESUITS: History), and in 1812 Brzozowski secured the recognition of the Jesuit college of Polotsk as a university, though he could not obtain permission to go to Spain to agitate for the recognition of the Spanish Jesuits . In 1814 Pius VII., In accordance with the bull Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum, gave to Brzozowski among others full authority to receive those who desired to enter the society . The Russian government, however, soon began to be alarmed at the growth of the Jesuits, and on the 20th of December 1815 published an edict expelling them from St Petersburg . Brzozowski, having vainly requested to be allowed to retire to Rome, died on the 5th of February 1820 . He is interesting mainly from the fact that he was general of the Society at the time of its restoration throughout Europe .