Today the liturgy celebrates St. Stanislaus of Krakow, bishop and martyr. Also the Blessed Elena Guerra, very devoted to the Holy Spirit, and Sancha of Portugal, who renounced marriage and wanted to live a consecrated life.
Although April 11 is the date of the "dies natalis" (day of the birth to heaven) of the young Italian girl St. Gemma GalganiThe feast is celebrated on May 14, according to Frs. Passionists of the Sanctuary of Santa Gema in Madrid, and the archdiocese Madrid, so we will talk about it on that day.
Among others santosToday the Church celebrates the English Blessed George Gervase. Kidnapped by pirates, he later served the Spanish Armada and was ordained a priest in 1603. After joining the Benedictines, he admitted he was a priest and a monk and refused to swear an oath to King James I. He was hanged in the Tower of London. He was hanged in the Tower of London.
St. Stanislaus excommunicated the King and was martyred
San Estanislao (1030-1076, Poland), sent by his parents to study in Paris and Liège, was ordained a priest upon his return, and was a collaborator of Bishop Sula. According to the informationHe did penance and read and meditated on the Scriptures in prayer. At his death, he succeeded the bishop in the diocese by order of Pope Alexander II, although he did not wish it.
Bishop Stanislaus publicly reproached King Boleslaus II for his licentious life, and the king promised the bishop to change his behavior. However, the king kidnapped the wife of a nobleman, and at the threat of excommunication, the king accused him in a matter of buying land for the diocese. St. Stanislaus excommunicated him, and the king himself killed the bishop. The faithful collected his remains, because for them he was already a saint. He was canonized in 1253 by Innocent IV, according to the official Vatican website.
After the Pope confirmed the excommunication, the king repented and, on his way to Rome, he confined himself in a Benedictine monastery, where he spent the end of his life as a lay brother. The cathedral of Wawel, St. Wenceslaus and St. Stanislaus Cathedralis a summary of the history of Poland.
