Ceslaus

Ceslaus of Breslau (Polish: Czesław Odrowąż ) (* around 1184 in Great Stone, Upper Silesia, † 1242 in Breslau) was a lawyer and a missionary. He is also known as the Apostle of Silesia or savior of Breslau castle. The cult around him as Seliger of the Catholic Church was officially by Pope Clement XI. Confirmed at the beginning of the 18th century. He is officially since 1963 as the patron saint of Wroclaw. His feast day is July 15, which is also thought to be of his death. In Breslau he is also commemorated on July 20.

Life

Ceslaus was born as Count Ceslaus Odrowąż and was a relative, maybe brother, later Hyacinth of Poland. He first studied law and theology in Prague and at the University of Bologna. After returning to Poland, he worked as a church lawyer. Through his uncle Iwo Odrowąż, who was bishop of Krakow, he became a canon in Cracow and later curator to Sandomir. He accompanied his uncle together with Hyacinth on a trip to Rome. There he met the St. Dominic and was admitted along with his brother by Dominic in the order of the Dominicans. Thereafter, he went first to Prague and later to Wroclaw. After he had been successful as a missionary in Prague, he founded a monastery in Wroclaw, the first Prior he was. Overall, he proselytized in Bohemia, Poland, Pomerania and Saxony. He is said to have cooperated with the Holy Hedwig.

His relics are located since 1724 in the Chapel of Ceslaus Adalbert 's Church in Wroclaw, which is a Dominican church and one of the oldest in the city.

Accretion of miracles

During the Mongol invasion, he should have prevented by a prayer, the extermination of the Wroclaw population. He should have also brought four people from death.