History repeats itself. Almost a century
before Thomas Becket was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral, something very
similar happened a thousand miles away in southern Poland. The victim on this
occasion was Stanislaus of Szczepanów, who was the Archbishop of Kraków – a
post held nine centuries later by Karol Wojtyła, who went on to become Pope
John Paul II.
Like Karol Wojtyła, Stanislaus of
Szczepanów found himself in conflict with the government of his time. In
Wojtyła’s case it was the Communists – with Stanislaus it was King Bolesław the
Bold. Being bold, the King didn’t waste time dropping subtle hints the way
Henry II did a hundred years later. He went straight to Kraków Cathedral and
dealt with the matter personally. He slew the archbishop as he was celebrating
mass, and hacked his body into pieces.
As with Becket, the murder didn’t prove
as universally popular as Bolesław might have hoped. He was ousted from power
later the same year, and forced to flee the country... while Stanislaus was
made a saint.
from "Conspiracy History" by Andrew May
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