Szczepanów
Village
On the right, the church of St. Mary Magdalene, on the left the church of St. Stanislaus
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Coordinates: 50°0′19″N 20°39′20″E / 50.00528°N 20.65556°E / 50.00528; 20.65556
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Brzesko
Gmina	Brzesko
Population	949

Szczepanów [ʂt͡ʂɛˈpanuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzesko, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Brzesko and 52 km (32 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków.^[1]

It was the birthplace of Stanislaus of Szczepanów - 11th Century Bishop of Kraków who was martyred by the Polish king Bolesław II the Bold and became venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Stanislaus the Martyr.

Landmarks

• Church of Mary Magdalene. Founded by Odrowąża Yvonne Bishop of Cracow. In the thirteenth century Vincent of Kielcza, described this building as a wooden structure but by 1470 Jan Długosz described a stone church. The church building was damaged on 23 November 1914 as a result of World War I.
• The church of St. Mary Magdalene and St. Stanisława is a Gothic Revival building, designed by architect and professor at the Lwów Polytechnic, Jan Sas-Zubrzycki. It was built between 1911–1914 and has a five-storey tower.
• Szczepanów Market.
• The historic parish cemetery and also a military cemetery from World War I.

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