Stanisław Kazimierczyk
Stanisław Kazimierczyk | |
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| Priest | |
| Born | Stanisław Sołtys 27 September 1433 Kazimierz, Kraków, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland |
| Died | 3 May 1489 (aged 55) Kazimierz, Kraków, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 18 April 1993, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 17 October 2010, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Major shrine | Corpus Christi Basilica, Kraków, Poland |
| Feast | |
| Attributes | Priest's cassock |
| Patronage | |
Stanisław Kazimierczyk (born Stanisław Sołtys, 27 September 1433 – 3 May 1489) was a Polish Catholic priest and a professed member of the Canons Regular of the Lateran. He became noted for his ardent devotions to both the Eucharist and to his personal patron saint, Stanislaus of Szczepanów, as well as for his charitable dedication to the ill and poor of Kraków.
The canonization cause started under Pope John Paul II on 14 October 1986 and he was titled as a Servant of God. This came after previous attempts in the past to launch the process though the cause started at that time due to the personal intervention of the pope who was a cardinal at the time. That same pope named him as Venerable on 21 December 1992 at the same time he approved the beatification which was celebrated on 18 April 1993. Pope Benedict XVI later canonized the late priest as a saint of the Catholic Church on 17 October 2010 in Saint Peter's Square.