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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Stanislaus
DESCRIPTION:ST STANISLAUS \nBISHOP AND MARTYR OF CRACOW\, POLAND \nFrom Butler’s Lives of the Saints5 \n◊◊◊ \nStanislaus was born on July 26\, 1030 in Poland. He came of noble parents \nwho had been childless for many years until this son was granted to them in \nanswer to prayer. They devoted him from birth to the service of God\, and \nencouraged the piety he showed from childhood. He was ordained a priest \nby the Bishop of Cracow\, who gave him a canonry in the cathedral and \nsubsequently appointed him his preacher and archdeacon. The eloquence of \nthe young priest and his saintly example brought about a great reformation \nof morals among his penitents\, clergy as well as laity. Upon the death of the \nBishop\, Stanislaus was appointed Bishop by Pope Alexander II\, and was \nconsecrated Bishop in 1072. \nPoland at that time was ruled by Boleslaus\, a prince whose finer qualities \nwere eclipsed by his unbridled lust and savage cruelty. Stanislaus alone \nventured to confront the tyrant and to remonstrate with him at the scandal \nhis conduct was causing. At first the king tried to vindicate his behavior\, but \nwhen pressed more closely he made some show of repentance. The good \neffects of the admonition\, however\, soon wore off and Boleslaus relapsed \ninto his evil ways. There were acts of injustice which brought him into \nconflict with the Bishop and at length he created an outrage which caused \ngeneral indignation. \nA certain nobleman had a wife who was very beautiful. Boleslaus cast \nlustful eyes upon this lady\, and when she repelled his advances\, he caused \nher to be carried off by force and lodged in his palace. The Polish nobles \ncalled upon the Archbishop of Gnesen and the court prelates to confront the \nmonarch. But fear of offending the king closed their lips. St. Stanislaus\, \nwhen appealed to\, had no such hesitation. He went to Boleslaus and rebuked \nhim for his sin. He threatened the prince that if he persisted in his evil course \nhe would bring upon himself the censure of the Church. \nFinding all remonstrance useless\, Stanislaus launched against the king a \nformal sentence of excommunication. The tyrant professed to disregard the \nsentence\, but when he entered the cathedral of Cracow he found that the \nservices were at once suspended by order of the Bishop. Furious with rage\, \nhe pursued the Bishop to the little chapel of St. Michael outside the city\, \nwhere he was celebrating Mass\, and ordered some of his guards to enter and \nslay him. The men however returned saying they could not kill the saint as \nhe was surrounded by a heavenly light. Upbraiding them for cowardice\, the \nking himself entered the chapel and dispatched the Bishop with his own \nhand. The guards then cut the body into pieces and scattered them abroad \nto be devoured by the beasts of prey. However the sacred relics were rescued \nthree days later by the cathedral canons and privately buried at the door of \nthe chapel where Stanislaus had been slain. \nIt is not true that the action of Boleslaus led to an immediate uprising of \nthe people which drove him from Poland; but it certainly hastened his fall \nfrom power. Pope Gregory VII laid the country under an interdict\, and \nnearly two centuries later\, in 1253\, St Stanislaus was canonized by Pope \nInnocent IV. \n  \n5 Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Revised edition – edited by Michael Walsh – Harper – San \nFrancisco – 1991 – pg 109.12 \n 
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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