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The Church of St. Casimir (Lithuanian: Šv. Kazimiero bažnyčia, Polish: Kościół Św. Kazimierza) is a Roman Catholic church in Vilnius' Old Town, close to the Vilnius' Town Hall. It is the first and the oldest baroque church in Vilnius, built in 1618. The construction of the church began in 1604 [1] in memory of the holy prince Saint Casimir.
The Chapel of Saint Casimir is a Roman Catholic chapel, that is dedicated to Saint Casimir, located in the Vilnius Cathedral, in Vilnius, Lithuania.The chapel was built in 1623–36 after Prince Casimir (1458–1484) was canonized as saint.
Church of St. Casimir is a historicist style church in Naujoji Vilnia elderate of Vilnius, Lithuania. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Current shape church was erected in 1911. [ 1 ] Naujoji Vilnia church is one of the tallest churches in Vilnius.
Catholic frescoes from the 16th century in the crypt of the St. Casimir Church in Vilnius. Roman Catholic churches within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, where the priests must know the Lithuanian language, according to a letter by the contemporary Grand Duke of Lithuania on 18 September 1501. [38]
There are more than 50 churches named after Casimir in Lithuania and Poland, including Church of St. Casimir, Vilnius and St. Kazimierz Church, Warsaw, and more than 50 churches in Lithuanian and Polish diaspora communities in America.
Image Name Lithuanian name Denomination Date of Construction Location Cathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus and St. Ladislaus (Vilnius Cathedral) Šv.
C. Vilnius Cathedral; Chapel of Saint Casimir; Church of the Ascension, Vilnius; Church of Christ the King and Infant Jesus, Vilnius; Church of the Holy Trinity in Trinapolis, Vilnius
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul was given to the Lateran Canons in 1638; they abandoned it in 1864. St. Casimir, with the annexed Jesuit college, founded in 1604, was turned into an Orthodox church in 1832 (it was returned to the Jesuits in the 1920s). St. Ignatius Loyola, founded by the Jesuits in 1622, became the club of the officials.