THE S TOR Y OF TA . S NISLA US KOSTKA O th e S oc iet es u s f y qf J . EDITED BY F R A N C S G O L D I E I , W TH R D D T A D I E I I O N , E N L R G E . LO NDO N B U R N S A N D G A T E E S L I M IT D . C E THE TH RD E D T NO TI TO I I I O N. FAT HE R C O LE R IDGE brought out the first edition f h a i la s Kostka 1 o t e S tor o St . St n s u 8 y f in 75 , and a e 1 s cond in 877 . The work was in part a ’ t ranslation of Father B oero s 5 mm della Vita 615 S . Stanislao Kostka T u rin 1 8 2 , , 7 , in part from the e en e le grac ful p of Fath r Coleridge , whi the remainder was by t h e Editor of the present v e olum . ' e A nalecta B ollandzana The app arance , in the , in 1 8 2 h e 9 , of t first part of the hitherto unpublished . e t h e t n M S Lif of Sain , written by Father Urba Ubaldin i . 1 6 6 6 n ec es , circ , showed that it was s r e re - a y to revis , and in great part to write , the n ew e i dit on . Father . Ub aldin i had exceptional O e pportuniti s for this work . He was named in 1 6 6 2 t h e P , by John Casimir , King of oland , as e e e P w ll as by the Fath r Gen ral Oliva , romoter of t h e ’ i Cause of St . Stanislaus canonization n t h e e . in behalf of Society of j sus . His residence I D NOT CE TO THE THIR EDITION . e ffi Rom and Poland , and his o cial position , e t h e op ned to him all sources of information . e e Stanislaus Ko tka c ala mo His work is ntitl d , s ' rbam baldini a ad A lexandra m III 57 0 U U p V . 1 ajas can oniz a tione proc ara toris in Ur be regii deli M Th e S . n eatas olim . passed from the library of t h e Society at Przemysl into t h e hands of a e é d e Polish pri st , who sold it to the Abb Maison e Ivo neuve , by whom it was pr sented to Father a h z z o s ki 1 8 0. T e C e w , of Cr cow, in 7 trouble s of Poland and of the Society explain ' r its remaining so long unpublished . Fathe t h e r e e Arndt , of Aust ian Provinc , employ d ’ D er heili e Stanislaus Kostka it for his g , Ratisbon , 1 888 t h e . b e e t h e , and by him M S is ing edit d for ‘ a B la ndiana e h as m ade A nalec t ol . Fath r Agusti ’ a nd e s large u s e both of the M S . of Fath r Arndt ’ Vida de S an E s tam slao Kostka work in his , h 1 8 . e t e Barcelona , 93 The unpublish d portion of e e e . MS . was also kindly l nt to the pr s nt Editor Th e references to t h e A n alecta are give n by h e e t e . volum and page , whil those to MS by p art and chapter . Among the many to whom the Editor is unde r NOTICE TO THE THIRD EDITION . vii the greatest obligation for assistance in h is w be ork , he may allowed to single out the well i n . Na an ows k know Polish scholar , Mr Edmund g , l h e e . B u t erfi e d t Mr t , Bollandist Fath rs , and the e Exae en of Fath rs of t in Holland , and e Vi enna in Austria . The not s will show the sourc es which have b ee n consulted . e e e t h e s Wherev r it has b en possibl , passage e e e e h writt n by Fath r Col ridg , such as that whic now e t h e e e e e e serv s as Pr face , hav be n pr s rved e t h e e in th eir integrity . They all b tray d licacy of touch so well known to the many readers of ' e t o his many w orks . This is a natural plac express affectionate regret at t he loss which t h e recent d eath of Father Coleridge has brought t o t h e e t h e of es u s a s English Provinc of Society j , we ll as to all Catholics who read books writte n t h e in English tongue . RANCIS GO L DIE F , 1 Farm 3 , Street , London , W . Feas t o B on n r St . ave tu e 1 8 f , 93 . P R EFA C E. T HE t h e t h e Church of God , which is garden of e e e Heav nly King , has its flowers of v ry kind and e e e hue , both on arth and in Heav n , the vari ty a n d t h e contrast of which enhance its beauty and t h e He e e glory of its Lord . Hims lf, in His arthly a e o sojourn , chose to p ss through ev ry stage f e e human lif from infancy up to matur manhood , a n d to be in each such stage the Example of His followers and t h e Source of their strength and If e e e e grace . ther is som thing sp cially attractiv a nd winning about the Holy Infancy and Youth , it may be said also that their attractiven ess and c harm have been v ery abundantly reflected in e the lif of the Church , for she has sent far more c e hildren than adults to Heaven and , guid d as s h e is by the Holy Ghost in her s election of PREFA CE . ix s s h e aints for canonization , has enthroned many e o fthe most t nder age upon her altars . The Holy I nnocents were the first to give their ! b our - lood for Lord , and amid the white robed a rmy of martyrs who have followe d in their train e e e ther hav b en crowds of holy children , who have been old enough delib erately to choose d eath rath er than d eny t h e faith or the law of h ow t heir God . As if to show precious in the s ight of our Lord is t h e imitation of t h e virtues of His youth on the part of the faithful , it has been arrange d by Provid ence that many striplings a n d e e e re - young maidens hav b n p eminent. for s e e r anctity, adorn d by gr at spi itual favours and e b blessings during their short lif , and glorified y m iracle s after th eir death . In many others the p erfect be auty of their mature sanctity has grown like a mighty tree out o f e the tender shoot of a youthful innoc nce , which h as become less conspicuous because it has been but the beginning of a care e r along that path of “ “ the j ust which , as a shining light , goeth forwards ” 1 :a nd e increaseth even to perf ct day . But for 1 rov iv 1 8 P . PREFA CE . S e a t h e youthful saints , the p ci l growth in Church h e e t h e u e of t se d sown by youthf l lif of our Lord , we are led naturally to look ra ther to thos e e e whos career has b en cut short , and to whom , as t h e Church sings in her Collect for th e feast of f . e e o St Stanislaus , God , amidst the oth r miracl s wis dom h as e His h granted even in t nder age the a grace of mature s nctity . Th e following page s are to b e d evoted to t h e l e e . short if on arth of St Stanislaus , of his holy we h as childhood and youth , and in him find , as e ee r e of alr ady b n hinted , that pa ticular b auty contrast e d and multiform grace which is on e of h r t h e ornam ents of t e Church . It is st ange t o th e e n s o et with so rip a soul in so you g a body, p erfect an appreciation of t h e et ern a l thi n gs in a mind so fre sh to t h e s eductions a n d dangers of w er those of tim e .