Career
Rapalionis was a Lithuanian noble born near Eišiškėson After becoming a student of Martin Luther, he was persecuted for his Lutheran beliefs by Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Sigismund Augustus and was forced to leave Grand Duchy of Lithuania while seeking protection in Königsberg. He received his doctoral thesis in Wittenberg with a scholarship sponsored by Albert, Duke of Prussia.
Rapalionis was the first professor of theology at the Königsberg seminary, the predecessor of the Albertina University, where he was invited by Duke Albert to work on a translation of the Bible into Polish.
After Stanislovas Rapalionis died in Königsberg, Albert ordered his body entombed in Königsberg Cathedral. The inscription "Here lies a great man, the pride of the Lithuanian nation." was inscribed on his tomb.