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SAINT STANISLAUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR Stanislaus, born on July 26, 1030 in Szczepanów near Krakow (Poland) of a noble family and pious relatives, who, after thirty years of sterility implanted him with prayers from God, from childhood gave an indication of future holiness. As a teenager he applied himself to the liberal arts, and made great progress in the science of sacred canons and theology. When his parents died, he distributed the large patrimony to the poor, eager for monastic life. But ordained priest and made by divine order canon of the metropolitan chapter of Krakow and preacher of the cathedral by Bishop Lambert Sula, he was succeeded, albeit reluctantly, in the see in 1072, at the request of Pope Alexander II. In which office he distinguished himself for the splendor of every virtue, and especially for his mercy towards the poor.