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.

[2] His father was a member of the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria, the Imperial Council, and the Legislative Sejm (1919–1922), and owned estates in Bratkówka and Korabniki.

After graduating on June 28, 1915, he moved to a field artillery regiment on the Eastern Front in Russia, where he fought at Lwów and Przemyśl.

He took part in the Polish-Ukrainian War as a battery commander: he fought near Przemyśl and at the Lwów Citadel during the defense of the city.

As a lieutenant in this unit, he took part in the Polish-Soviet War (including the Kiev offensive (1920) and the Battle of Warsaw (1920)) from December 1919 to August 1920.

[2] In the aftermath, Starowieyski became seriously ill with dysentery and barely survived after a long stay in a military hospital in Zambrów.

[4] In recognition of his dynamism and activism within the Catholic Church, Pope Pius XI awarded Stanisław the title of Papal Chamberlain in 1934.

However, as a representative of the Polish landed gentry and a Catholic activist, Starowieyski was singled out, severely persecuted and beaten by the camp officers.

[13][14] The patronage of his name was granted to the following educational institutions: A commemorative plaque recalling his memory was unveiled in Bratkówka, at the Starowieyski's manor house, on October 17, 2002.

The rosary moved eventually into the hands of his grandson, Wojciech Starowieyski, who donated it to the church in Łaszczów with the consent of Marian Rojek, the bishop of the Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów.

[3] The couple had six children:[22] Nephews Grandchild The palace was erected as a summer residence for Jan Jakub Zamoyski, the voivode of Podolia who married Ludwika Maria Poniatowska, the sister of the King of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski.

[26] In 1922, Aleksander Szeptycki bequeathed the palace complex, with its 25 hectares (62 acres) park[27] and outbuildings, to the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM), who had been running an orphanage there with his approval.

[28] The Count's decision was a gift to the congregation in gratitude for taking care of his sick daughter Maria, who suffered from tuberculosis and died in 1917, in Łabunie.

[11] In September 2019, the FMM congregation opened a memorial area in honor of Blessed Stanisław Starowieyski in the palace Izba Pamięci.

[30] A modest necropolis of the Szeptycki family (including Stanisław Starowieyski's ashes) has been established in a circle around a wooden cross, on the outskirts of the park.