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and feet to the citadel of his heart。 When the last light of day was gone 

from the sky�察�he made his confession and received the Holy Viaticum。 A 

great many of his fellow´novices were present�察�and some wept。 He was a 

good comrade�察�they did not want to see him depart from them。 

     Then     he   received    Extreme     Unction。     He   made     the  answers     to  the 

prayers   himself。   Afterward   he   confessed   again�察  �in   order   to   receive   the 

plenary indulgence granted for the hour of death。 And after that he talked 

for   a   little   time�察  �kindly   and   cheerfully�察  �to   those   about   him�察  �and   bidding 

them good´by�察�turned his mind and his heart to heaven。 

     Three Fathers stayed with him through the silence of the night�察�when 

the rest had gone to bed。 Most of the time he prayed�察�either aloud with his 

watchers�察  �or   silently   by   himself。   He   left   messages   to   his   more   intimate 

friends�察�and asked the Fathers to beg pardon for any offense he had given。 



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     During the evening he had begged to be laid on the bare ground�察�that 

he might die as a penitent。 Toward midnight�察�as he still asked it�察�they lifted 

him on the little mattress of his bed and placed him on it upon the floor。 

There he lay�察�very quiet�察�whilst midnight tolled from the great churches of 

the city。 The Fathers knelt beside him�察�praying silently with him�察�or giving 

him from time to time the crucifix to kiss。 

     At length�察�about three o'clock in the morning�察�he stopped praying�察�and 

a great joy shone in his face。 He looked about him from side to side�察�and 

seemed   with   his   eyes   to   ask   his   companions   to   join   him   in   reverencing 

some one who was present。 

     Father Ruiz bent over and asked him�此�

     What is it�察�Stanislaus�拭�

     ;Our Lady� ─�he whispered。 ;Our Lady has come�察�just as in Vienna。; 

     Then he seemed to listen to voices they could not hear。 His lips moved 

silently�察  �forming   inaudible   words。   His   eyes   were   bright   and   joyful。   He 

stretched out his arms�察�fell back�察�and died with a smile upon his lips。 Our 

Lady had come for him�察�and with her he went home。 Dawn was breaking 

on the Feast of the Assumption�察�1568。 



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                             CHAPTER XV 



                                      AFTERMATH 

     Stanislaus lacked six or eight weeks of being eighteen years old when 

he   died。  He   had   not been   a preacher or   writer or   engaged   in   any  public 

work。 Only a handful of people in Rome so much as knew of his existence。 

Yet no sooner was he dead than crowds flocked about him as about a dead 

saint。 

     The General�察�Francis Borgia�察�ordered the body to be put into a coffin�察�

which was an unusual thing at that time�察�and to be buried at the right hand 

of the high altar in the church。 

     Meantime the Lord John Kostka still raged in Poland。 He had written a 

most severe letter to Stanislaus shortly after Stanislaus arrived in Rome�此�a 

letter full of threats and anger�察�to which Stanislaus had replied kindly and 

affectionately�察�explaining to his father that he had to follow God's call at 

any cost But the Lord John was not to be so easily put off。 He ordered his 

eldest son�察�Paul�察�on to Rome�察�with power to bring back Stanislaus to his 

home at Kostkov。 

     Paul traveled in some state and with no great haste。 He reached Rome 

in the middle of September�察�1568�察�to find that God had been beforehand 

with him�察�and that Stanislaus had indeed already gone home�察�to heaven。 

     He   had   been   greatly  impressed   at   the   time   of   Stanislaus'   flight   from 

Vienna�察�by the incidents which seemed to show God's direct guidance and 

protection in regard to his brother。 Now�察�when the Fathers led him to the 

still new tomb of Stanislaus�察�he broke down utterly and cried like a child。 

He   stayed   a   time   beside   the   tomb�察  �and   when   he   came   forth   he   was   a 

different Paul。 

     Every    one    was   talking   with   admiration     of  Stanislaus    and   of  the 

marvels     that  had   surrounded     his  life  and  death。   Paul   hurried   back   to 

Poland     with   his  story�察 �at  once   sad   and   joyful。   The   heart   of  the  old 

Castellan was moved。 He had lost a son�察�but he had gained a saint。 

     A year later appeared two short Lives of Stanislaus�察�one in Polish by 

Father    Warscewiski�察     �his  fellow´novice�察    �another    in  Latin。   All  through 

Poland the devotion to the young novice spread rapidly。 Soon authoritative 



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;processes; toward his beatification were drawn up under the care of the 

bishops of various places in which Stanislaus had spent his short years。 

     Thirty´six   years   after   his   death�察   �Pope   Clement   VIII   issued       a  brief 

��February 18�察�1604�� in which he declared Stanislaus ;Blessed; and granted 

indulgences on the anniversary of his death。 

     But   long   before   this   the   Lord   John   had   died�察  �and   his   youngest   son�察�

Albert�察�struck by sudden congestion of the lungs before his father's body 

was laid to rest�察�died also�察�and was buried in the same grave with him。 

     Of the four sons only Paul was left。 From the day he stood by the tomb 

of    Stanislaus�察    �he   had    changed     entirely。    Bitter   remembrance        of   his 

harshness and brutality to the dead saint was with him always and urged 

him to a life of penance and prayer。 He never married�察�but passed his days 

largely at the castle of Kostkov in retirement with his widowed mother。 

     He   busied   himself   in   constant   works   of   charity�察  �spending   his   great 

fortune   in   helping   the   poor   and   in   establishing   hospitals   and   building 

churches。      He   wore    himself    out   in  prayer    and   labor   and   fasting。   Men 

marveled   at   him�察  �and   many   sneered   at   him�察  �as   he   had   once   sneered   at 

Stanislaus。 

     But   those   long�察  �hard   years   were   not   unhappy   for   him。   He   and   his 

mother�察�Margaret Kostka�察�had learned Stanislaus' secret of happiness�察�and 

lived in spirit in that bright home to which Stanislaus had gone。 

     Then Margaret died�察�and Paul was alone。 He had wished to withdraw 

from  the  world   altogether。  But   he   felt   unworthy  to   ask   admission   into   a 

religious order。 However�察�realizing at length that his death could not be far 

distant�察�and that he could at worst be a burden for only a very short time�察�

he   wrote   to   Claude Acquaviva�察  �who   was then   General   of   the   Society  of 

Jesus�察  �and   begged   that   he   might   at   least   die   in   the   Society   to  which 

Stanislaus       had    belonged。       Acquaviva       readily     dispensed       with    the 

impediment of age and ordered the Provincial of Poland�察�Father Strinieno�察�

to receive him。 

     Paul hastened to the royal court�察�then at Pietscop�察�to settle his worldly 

affairs before taking up his residence in the noviceship。 But scarcely had 

he completed his arrangements�察�when fever seized him�察�and he died after a 

few days' illness。 He died November 13�察�1607�此�the very day of the month 



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afterwards fixed as the feast of Saint Stanislaus。 

     Bilinski�察�too�察 �the  tutor of Stanislaus�察 �showed  in   after life the  fruit   of 

Stanislaus'   prayers。   He   became   Canon   of 

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