Stanisław Starowieyski
Polish officer, social activist, blessed (1895–1941)
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski (1895-1941) is Polish Blessed of the Catholic Church, who was a church, social, and charitable activist, as well as and a papal chamberlain. He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I and then served in the Polish Armed Forces during the Polish–Ukrainian and Polish–Soviet Wars from 1918 to 1920. He died in Dachau concentration camp, and was beatified in 1999.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Antoni Zawistowski Saint“Near Munich in Bavaria in Germany, Blesseds Antoni Zawistowski, priest, and Stanisław Starowieyski, martyrs, who, in time of war, died for Christ in the prison camp of Dachau amid atrocious torments.” — this site's research
- Wikidata Q1862565 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski (CC BY-SA)
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