: young consequence
In the city center there on the corner Steindlgasse / Kurrentgasse, just behind the Judenplatz a baroque building, which houses a chapel, which is a true treasure of sacred art. Even some good expert on the history of Vienna this house together with its chapel is unknown. But still it is an important point of the sacred topography of the city of Vienna. Here, a saint lived. His name is well known as many as his temporary residence. It is the hl. Stanislaus Kostka.
Stanislaus Kostka was born in 1550, the son of an influential Polish aristocratic family and went to study with his brother in Vienna. Here he attended the Jesuit school and lived in the house said. More and more he had the desire to become a Jesuit himself - against the will and the bitter resistance his family. In his request, he was strengthened by a number of visions in which he saw Jesus and the Christ Child. About Dillingen in Augsburg, he finally came to Rome, where he was admitted to the Jesuitennoviziat, but even as a novice, barely 18 years old, died.
I admire about the young Stanislaus Kostka consistency with which he wanted to be close to Christ in the consecrated life. In this sense, he is well regarded as a great intercessor for the youth of today.
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