1. He loved piety at an early age and removed himself from the world.
2. After the death of the archbishop of Bourges, William was requested to take the seat...and only did so when his general (the abbot of Citeaux) and the Pope made him (Woah. Talk about a double whammy.).
3. When he was dying he received extreme unction, prayed his night prayers, and laid on a pile of ash in his hair-cloth shirt, where he passed away. Basically, St. William was intensely awesome.
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