Stanislaus Papczyński
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Saint Stanislaus Papczyński M.I.C. |
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| Born | 18 May 1631 Podegrodzie, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Died | 17 September 1701 (aged 70) Góra Kalwaria, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 16 September 2007, Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń, Poland by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone |
| Canonized | 5 June 2016, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
| Major shrine | Church of the Cenacle, Poland |
| Feast | 17 September |
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Saint Stanislaus Papczyński, M.I.C. (18 May 1631 – 17 September 1701), born Jan Papczyński, was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who once served as a member of the Piarist Order. He went on to found the Marian Fathers, the first Polish religious order for men, that was also known as the Marians of the Immaculate Conception; he would assume the name of "Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary". Papczyński is widely remembered as a prolific religious writer; his writings include works such as "The Mystical Temple of God".
He was beatified on 16 September 2007 in Poland by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone on the behalf of Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to him on 21 January 2016 which allowed for him to be canonized. On 15 March 2016 a consistory of cardinals scheduled his canonization to take place on 5 June 2016, which was celebrated in Saint Peter's Square.
Jan Papczyński was born on 18 May 1631, in the village of Podegrodzie - now near Stary Sącz - as the youngest of the eight children of Tomasz Papczyński and Zofia Tacikowska. His father was a local blacksmith and also served as the village bailiff. As a youngster, he cared for his father's herd of sheep and came to know the countryside well.
Stanislaus's first beginnings with school gave no indication of his later career as an academic. He had difficulty with studies, nevertheless he mastered his temperament, overcame material problems associated with his social standing, and advanced in studies, graduating from one school to another: in Podegrodzie, then in Nowy Sacz. At the age of fifteen he entered the Jesuit College at Jaroslaw, the Piarist College of Podoliniec in 1649, and in 1650 the Jesuit College of Lvov, from which he was forced to flee due to an attack by Cossack troops. At the age of twenty-three he completed his general and philosophical studies at the Jesuit College of Rawa Mazowiecka.
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