Saint Stanislaus of Cracow
- Also known as
- Stanislaus Szczepanowsky
- Memorial
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11 April
formerly 7 May in the Roman Martyrology
8 May (in Cracow)
27 September (translation of relics)
- Profile
- Born to the Polish nobility, son of Belislaus and Bogna, and raised in a pious family.
Educated at Gnesen, Poland, and may have studied at Paris, France.
When his parents died, he distributed his inheritence of the poor.
Parish priest at Czembocz, Poland.
Canon and preacher, and later vicar-general at the Cracow cathedral; noted spiritual director.
Reluctant bishop of Cracow in 1072.
Known for his preaching against sinful living, regardless of the sinner's class.
Killed by King Boleslaus the Cruel after Stanislaus excommunicated him due to his war crimes and attempted theft of land from the Church.
Murdered while celebrating Mass.
Reaction against Boleslaus was so great that he fled the country, never to return; his guilt led him to become a monk.
Stanislaus became a symbol of Polish patriotism and nationlism, and is sometimes considered a martyr.
- Born
- 26 July 1030 as Szczepanowski, diocese of Cracow, Poland as Stanislaus Szczepanowsky
- Died
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murdered on 8 May 1079 in the chapel of Saint Michael in a suburb of Cracow, Poland
buried in the chapel
re-interred in the cathedral of Cracow in 1088
- Canonized
- 1253 by Pope Innocent IV at Assisi, Italy
- Patronage
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Cracow, Poland, archdiocese of
Cracow, Poland, city of
Plock, Poland, diocese of
Poland
soldiers in battle
- Representation
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bishop being hacked to pieces at the foot of an altar;
bishop with a sword
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Culture
Catholic Encyclopedia, by Francis Mershman
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary, by John Coulson
Saint Hedwig Cathedral
Saints Alive, by Father Robert F McNamara
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society
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