Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski
Blessed Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski | |
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Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski | |
| Born | Stanisław Kostka (Biberstein) Starowieyski 11 May 1895 Ustrobna, Austria-Hungary |
| Hometown | Bratkówka |
| Died | 13 April 1941 (aged 45) Dachau concentration camp, Nazi Germany |
| Cause of death | Murder |
| Beatified | June 13, 1999, Warsaw by Pope John Paul II |
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. He was a church, social, and charitable activist, as well as and a papal chamberlain. He died in Dachau concentration camp, and was beatified in 1999.