Saint Casimir
Polish and Lithuanian prince (1458-1484) · Politicians · Died at 25
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Something wrong?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.
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Šventasis Kazimieras, 1594
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Kazimier Jagajłavič. Казімер Ягайлавіч (1506)
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Maria met kind op troon aanbeden door drie heiligen, RP-T-1985-118
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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.
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