Stanislaus Kostka

✶November 7, 1550

†August 24, 1568

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About their life

Stanisław Kostka, SJ was a Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. He was born at Rostkowo, Przasnysz County, Poland, on 28 October 1550, and died in Rome during the night of 14–15 August 1568. He is said to have foretold his death a few days before it occurred. He was canonized in 1726.

Polish Jesuit, saint, secondary patron of Poland (1550–1568)

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