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St. Stanislas Kostka
Born at Rostkovo near Prasnysz, Poland, about
October 28, 1550; died at Rome during the night of
14-15 August, 1568. He
entered the Society of Jesus at Rome, October 28, 1567, and is said to
have
foretold his death a few days before it occurred. His father, John Kostka, was a
senator of the
Kingdom of Poland and Lord of Zakroczym; his mother was
Margaret de Drobniy Kryska, the sister
and niece of the Dukes Palatine of
Masovia and the aunt of the celebrated Chancellor of Poland,
Felix Kryski.
The marriage was blessed with seven children, of whom Stanislas was the second.
His
older brother Paul survived him long enough to be present at the
celebration of the beatification of
Stanislas in 1605.
The thought
of joining the Society of Jesus had already entered the mind of the saintly
young man. It was six months, however, before he ventured to speak of this
to the superiors of the
Society. At Vienna they hesitated to receive him,
fearing the tempest that would probably be raised
by his father against the
Society, which had just quieted a storm that had broken out on account of
other admissions to the Company. Stanislas quickly grasped the situation and
formed the plan of
applying to the general of the Society at Rome. The
distance was five hundred leagues, which had to
be made on foot, without
equipment, or guide, or any other resources but the precarious charity that
might be received on the road. The prospective dangers and humiliations of
such a journey, however,
did not alarm his courage. On the morning of the
day on which he was to carry out his project he
called his servant to him
early and told him to notify his brother Paul and his tutor in the course of the
morning that he would not be back that day to dinner. Then he started,
taking the first opportunity to exchange the dress of gentleman for that of a
mendicant, which was the only way to escape the
curiosity of those he might
meet. By nightfall Paul and the tutor comprehended that Stanislas had
turned
from them as he had threatened. They were seized with a fierce anger, and as the
day was ended the fugitive had gained twenty-four hours over them. They started
to follow him, but were not able to overtake him; either their exhausted horses
refused to go farther, or a wheel of their carriage
would break, or, as the
tutor frankly declared, they had mistaken the route, having left the city by a
different road from the one which Stanislas had taken. It is noticeable that
in his testimony Paul gives no explanation of his ill-luck.
Stanislas
stayed for a month at Dillingen, where the provincial of that time, the Blessed
Peter
Canisius, put the young aspirant's vocation to the test by employing
him in the boarding-school.
Subsequently he went on to Rome, where he
arrived October 25, 1567. As he was greatly
exhausted by the journey, the
general of the order, St. Francis Borgia, would not permit him to enter
the
novitiate of Saint Andrew until several days later. During the ten remaining
months of his life,
according the testimony of the master of novices, Father
Giulio Fazio, he was a model and mirror of
religious perfection.
Notwithstanding his very delicate constitution he did not spare himself the
slightest penance. He had such a burning fever his chest that he was often
obliged to apply cold compresses. On the eve of the feast of St. Lawrence,
Stanislas felt a mortal weakness made worse by a high fever, and clearly saw
that his last hour had come. He wrote a letter to the Blessed Virgin begging her
to call him to the skies there to celebrate with her the glorious anniversary of
her Assumption. His confidence in the Blessed Virgin, which had already brought
him many signal favours, was this time again rewarded; on August15, towards four
in the morning, while he was wrapt in pious utterances
to God, to the
saints, and to the Virgin Mary, his beautiful soul passed to its Creator. His
face shone
with the most serene light. The entire city proclaimed him a
saint and people hastened from all parts
to venerate his remains and to
obtain, if possible, some relics . He was canonized on December31, 1726. St.
Stanislasis one of the popular saints of Poland and many religious institutions
have chosen him as the protector of their novitiates. The representations of him
in art are very varied; he is sometimes depicted
receiving Holy Communion
from the hands of angels; sometimes receiving the Infant Jesus from the
hands of the Virgin; or he is shown in the midst of a battle putting to
flight the enemies of his country.
At times he is depicted near a fountain
putting a wet linen cloth on his breast. He is invoked for palpitations of the
heart and for dangerous cases of illness.
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