Editing Pope Alexander II (section)

== Poland ==
In 1072 Alexander commanded {{citation needed|date=June 2021}} the reluctant Canon of the cathedral of Kraków, [[Stanislaus of Szczepanów]], who had been elected unanimously by the cathedral chapter, to accept appointment as the ninth [[Archbishop of Kraków|Bishop of Kraków]] in succession to Bishop Lampert.<ref>{{cite book|author=Joannes Dlugosh|title=Cracoviensis historiae Polonicae libri XII|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VhdFAAAAcAAJ|volume=I|year=1711|publisher=sumptibus Ioannis Ludovici Gleditschii|location=Leipzig|language=Latin|page=269}}</ref> Stanislaus became one of the earliest native Polish bishops. This turned out to be a significant decision for the Polish Church. Once appointed, Stanislaus was a highly assertive bishop who got into conflict with [[List of Polish monarchs|Polish king]] [[Bolesław II the Bold]], ''pro suis actibus sceleratis'' ('because of his wicked deeds'). Bolesław and his nobles assassinated Bishop Stanislaus in the church of St. Michael in Rupella on 11 April 1079, and cut up his corpse into seventy-two pieces. Poland was laid under the interdict for four years, and the see of Kraków remained vacant. In 1088, the body of Bishop Stanislaus was transferred to his cathedral in Kraków, and eventually, he was venerated as a saint.<ref>{{cite book|title=Monumenta Poloniae historica: Pomniki dziejowe Polski|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gPgLAQAAMAAJ|volume=Tom III|year=1878|publisher=Nakładem Akademii umiejetności|location=Lwow|language=Polish, Latin|pages=342–345}}</ref>