# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saint-casimir
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:34:44.478Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saint-casimir"
name: "Saint Casimir"
slug: "saint-casimir"
description: "A Polish-Lithuanian prince who died of tuberculosis at 25 became the only saint bearing his name — and patron of two nations. His cult resurged centuries later, seeding more than a hundred churches across two continents and an annual trade fair in Vilnius still held on the Sunday nearest his death."
tagline: "Polish and Lithuanian prince (1458–1484)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1458-10-03"
deathDate: "1484-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.74002277904328
  historical:           22.28025466666667
  currentAttention:     6.571509925154572
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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  - name: "Religion"
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  - name: "Medieval Era"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Casimirus Jagiellon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 3 October 1458, Casimir Jagiellon was the second son of King Casimir IV, tutored by the chronicler-priest Johannes Longinus. When his elder brother Vladislaus took the Bohemian crown in 1471, Casimir became heir apparent. At 13 he was thrust into a failed military bid for the Hungarian throne. What followed was a turn inward: he grew known for piety, devotion, and quiet generosity to the sick and poor. Tuberculosis — most likely — took him at 25. He was buried in Vilnius Cathedral in 1484. His brother Sigismund I began pushing for canonization in 1514; tradition holds it came through in 1521. The 17th century brought revival: papal confirmation of his feast in 1602, completion of his dedicated chapel in 1636, and formal adoption as patron of Lithuania and its youth.