Stanislaus Hosius

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Servant of God Stanislaus Hosius
Prince-Bishop of Warmia
Portrait by Marcello Bacciarelli
Archdiocese	Bishopric of Warmia
Appointed	2 March 1551
Installed	11 May 1551
Term ended	5 August 1579
Predecessor	Tiedemann Giese
Successor	Marcin Kromer
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Trastevere (1578–1579) Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary (1574–1579)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Chełmno (1549–1551) Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1560–1561) Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1561–1562) Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio (1562–1565) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina (1565) Cardinal-Priest of San Teodoro (1565–1570) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca (1570) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Anastasia (1570) Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente (1570–1578) Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (1578)
Orders
Ordination	1543
Consecration	23 March 1550
Created cardinal	26 February 1561 by Pius IV
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Stanisław Hozjusz 5 May 1504 Kraków, Kingdom of Poland
Died	5 August 1579(1579-08-05) (aged 75) Capranica Prenestina, Papal States
Nationality	Polish
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Ulrich Hosse of Pforzheim
Education	University of Padua University of Bologna
Coat of arms

Stanislaus Hosius (Polish: Stanisław Hozjusz; 5 May 1504 – 5 August 1579) was a Polish Roman Catholic cardinal. From 1551 he was the Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Warmia in Royal Prussia, and from 1558, he served as the papal legate to the Holy Roman Emperor's Imperial Court in Vienna, Austria. From 1566 he was also the papal legate to Poland.