RELIGIOUS FIGURE

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanislaus Kostka has received more than 315,505 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Stanislaus Kostka is the 815th most popular religious figure (up from 895th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Poland (up from 236th in 2019) and the 8th 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 815 out of 3,187. Before him are Ibn Qutaybah, Malik al-Ashtar, Apollinaris of Laodicea, Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha, Nikephoros I of Constantinople, and Tatiana of Rome. After him are Romano Guardini, Piruz Nahavandi, Safi-ad-din Ardabili, John of Ávila, `Abdu'l-Bahá, and Nicolaus Zinzendorf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 11. Before him are Charles IX of Sweden, Henry I, Duke of Guise, Camillus de Lellis, Jang-geum, John Davis, and Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. After him are Karin Månsdotter, Giorgio Basta, Do-Aklin, Jacobus Gallus, Damat Ibrahim Pasha, and Emilio de' Cavalieri. Among people deceased in 1568, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 6. Before him are Elisabeth of Valois, Carlos, Prince of Asturias, Albert, Duke of Prussia, Jean Parisot de Valette, and Lamoral, Count of Egmont. After him are Sophie of Pomerania, Jacques Arcadelt, Andrés de Urdaneta, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, and Nicolaus Olahus.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 212 out of 1,694. Before him are Józef Gosławski (1908), Paul Tillich (1886), Heinrich Rickert (1863), Henryk Górecki (1933), Przemysł II (1257), and Karl Denke (1860). After him are Mordechai Anielewicz (1919), Yisrael Kristal (1903), Wacław Sierpiński (1882), Piast the Wheelwright (800), Władysław I Herman (1043), and Jerzy Skolimowski (1938).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 8. Before him are Maximilian Kolbe (1894), Faustina Kowalska (1905), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), Saint Casimir (1458), Angelus Silesius (1624), and Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030). After him are Itzhak Stern (1901), Hyacinth of Poland (1185), Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), and Adam Stefan Sapieha (1867).

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