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Stanislaus Kostka

1550 - 1568

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Stanisław Kostka, S.J. (28 October 1550 – 15 August 1568) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanislaus Kostka is the 888th most popular religious figure (down from 815th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Poland (down from 212th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

Stanislaus Kostka was a Polish Jesuit who is most famous for founding the Society of Jesus.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 888 out of 3,187. Before him are Therese Neumann, Anders Arborelius, Carlo Maria Martini, Stefan Wyszyński, Timothy M. Dolan, and Georg Ratzinger. After him are Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Leonard of Noblac, Ibn Qutaybah, Saint Maurus, Avvakum, and Caesar Baronius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 12. Before him are John Davis, Do-Aklin, Henry I, Duke of Guise, Camillus de Lellis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, and Jang-geum. After him are Karin Månsdotter, Giorgio Basta, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Jacobus Gallus, Emilio de' Cavalieri, and Chand Bibi. Among people deceased in 1568, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 8. Before him are Elisabeth of Valois, Albert, Duke of Prussia, Jean Parisot de Valette, Lady Katherine Grey, Jacques Arcadelt, and Lamoral, Count of Egmont. After him are Andrés de Urdaneta, Sophie of Pomerania, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Nicolaus Olahus, and Christoph, Duke of Württemberg.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 215 out of 1,694. Before him are Aleksandra Ekster (1882), Hans Lammers (1879), Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651), Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788), Magnus Hirschfeld (1868), and Stefan Wyszyński (1901). After him are Otto Kretschmer (1912), Karl Denke (1860), Paul Tillich (1886), Otto Klemperer (1885), Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866), and Vasily Sokolovsky (1897).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 10. Before him are Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), Saint Casimir (1458), Angelus Silesius (1624), Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), and Stefan Wyszyński (1901). After him are Itzhak Stern (1901), Stanisław Ryłko (1945), Adam Stefan Sapieha (1867), Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947), Lubomyr Husar (1933), and Franciszek Macharski (1927).

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