Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski
Polish officer, social activist, blessed (1895–1941) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski (1895-1941) was a reserve artillery captain of the Polish Armed Forces, who took part in the Polish-Ukrainian and Polish-Soviet Wars from 1918 to 1920), a church, social and charitable activist and a papal chamberlain. He died in Dachau concentration camp, and was beatified in 1999.
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Born | Stanisław Kostka (Biberstein) Starowieyski (1895-05-11)11 May 1895 Ustrobna, Austria-Hungary |
Hometown | Bratkówka |
Died | 13 April 1941(1941-04-13) (aged 45) Dachau concentration camp, Nazi Germany |
Cause of death | Murder |
Beatified | June 13, 1999, Warsaw by Pope John Paul II |
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