Martyr
Stanko
The shepherd
Shepherd boy, martyred for the faith of Christ.
Life
Holy Martyr Stanko was a shepherd boy from the region of Nikšić in Montenegro, killed by the Turks on 15 September 1712 for confessing the Christian faith.
The boy was tending sheep in the Nikšić region. The Turks killed him because he would not renounce the Christian faith. A part of his relics, his incorrupt hands, is kept at the Ostrog Monastery. He is commemorated on 12 May, in the new style.
Commemorated the same day April 29
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