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SUMMARY:St.William of Bourges
DESCRIPTION:St. William of Bourges\nfrom Butler’s Lives of the Saints \nGuillaume de Donjeon came from a distinguished family of Nevers on the\nriver Loire in central France. He was educated by his uncle Peter\, who was\narchdeacon of Soissons north-east of Paris. At an early age he was appointed\ncanon on Soissons and then of Paris. He felt the call to the solitary life\, however\,\nand retired to Grandmont Abbey. A dispute there disturbed his peace\, and he\njoined the stricter Cistercian Order\, being clothed at the abbey of Pontigny. He\nwas elected abbot of two smaller abbeys dependent on Pontigny\, first Fontaine-Jean then Chalis\, near Senlis. \nWhen Henri de Sully\, archbishop of Bourges\, died\, a successor was sought\nfrom among the Cistercian Abbots. William was elected by a process of drawing\nthe first of three names from slips placed on the altar by Henri’s brother Eudes\,\nbishop of Paris\, a choice that confirmed the vote of the clergy. William would\nhave refused the appointment had he not received direct orders to take it up both\nfrom Pope Innocent III and from his religious superior\, the Abbot of Citeaux. He\nproved to be a model bishop\, austere in private life\, wearing a hair shirt and\nabstaining from red meat\, and full of pastoral care for the spiritual and material\nwelfare of the poor\, whom he saw as his first responsibility. He defended the\nrights of his church\, including its lands\, against threatened encroachment by the\ncivil powers\, arguing his case successfully even against the king. \nThe Albigensians were numerous in France at this time\, and he was active\nin crusading against them\, making many converts. He was preparing a mission to\nthem when his final illness came upon him. He preached a last sermon to his\npeople\, which brought on a high fever and hastened his end. At his request he\nwas laid on a bed of ashes\, and he died with the first two words of the Nocturns\non his lips\, just after midnight on January 10\, 1209. His body was interred in the\ncathedral of Bourges\, and many miracles were attributed to him. A shrine was\naccordingly built in 1217\, and he was canonized by Pope Honorius III the\nfollowing year. \nButler’s Lives of the Saints – New Full Edition – Burns & Oates – The Liturgical Press – Collegeville\,\nMN – 1998 – pg 70
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