Ceslaus

Blessed

Ceslaus

O.P.
Blessed; Ceslaus; O.P.
	Clement XI
Feast	16 July

Ceslaus,

Odrowąż, and was a relative, possibly the brother, of Hyacinth of Poland

.

Biography

Having studied philosophy at

canon and custodian of the church of Sandomierz

.

About 1218 he accompanied his uncle

Order of Friars Preachers

.

In 1219 Pope Honorius III invited Dominic and his companions to take up residence at the ancient Roman basilica of Santa Sabina, which they did by early 1220. Hyacinth and Ceslaus along with their companions Herman and Henry were among the first to enter the studium of the Dominican Order at Rome out of which would grow the 16th-century College of Saint Thomas at Santa Maria sopra Minerva and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in the 20th century. After an abbreviated novitiate Ceslaus, Hyacinth and their companions received the religious habit of the Order from Dominic himself in 1220.^[3]

Their

friary at Friesach in Austria, they proceeded to Kraków whence Ceslaus was sent by Hyacinth to Prague, the metropolis of Bohemia

.

Labouring with much fruit throughout the

Diocese of Prague, Ceslaus went to Wrocław, where he founded a large priory, and then extended his missionary labours over a vast territory, embracing Bohemia, Poland, Pomerania, and Saxony

.

Sometime after the death of Hyacinth he was chosen the

Provincial Superior for Poland. Whilst he was superior of the convent of Wrocław all Poland was threatened by the Mongols. The city of Wrocław being besieged

, the people sought the aid of Ceslaus, who by his prayers miraculously averted the impending calamity. Four persons are said to have been raised to life by him. He died at Wrocław. His tomb is located in the Church of St. Adalbert in Wrocław.

Having always been venerated as a blessed, his cult was finally confirmed by Pope Clement XI in 1713. His feast is celebrated throughout the Dominican Order on 16 July.

References

^ Image of St. Dominic resuscitating Napoleone Orsini
^ An Account of the Miracles of St. Dominic Archived 14 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Hyacinth". newadvent.org. Retrieved 2013-02-17.

Notes

External links

"St. Ceslas, Confessor", Butler's Lives of the Saints
(in English) Ceslaus at the Catholic Encyclopedia

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Ceslaus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

[1] Image of St. Dominic resuscitating Napoleone Orsini

[2] An Account of the Miracles of St. Dominic Archived 14 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Hyacinth". newadvent.org. Retrieved 2013-02-17.

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