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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. Women's congregation Sisters of Saint Casimir was established in 1908 and remains active in the United States.
Poland (red) at the end of the reign of Casimir III (1370); Silesia (yellow) had been lost, but the kingdom was expanding to the east Casimir was born on 30 April 1310 in Kowal, Kuyavia, [4] the third son of Ladislaus the Short and Jadwiga of Kalisz. [5]
Casimir Jagiellon (3 October 1458 – 4 March 1484); [24] was to have married Kunigunde of Austria, but instead chose religious life, eventually being canonized as Saint Casimir. John I of Poland (27 December 1459 – 17 June 1501); succeeded Casimir IV as the king of Poland (1492–1501) [ 24 ]
A full length sculpted effigy of Casimir lies on top of the sarcophagus. The effigy is highly unusual: Casimir is presented as being in agony and is dressed in a clerical cloak only used at coronations. Stoss's signature appears under the effigy's feet. [6] The sides of the sarchophagus bear the arms of Casimir's kingdoms and territories.
St. Casimir Church was originally the Kotowski Palace, residence of the Wyszogród stolnik, Adam Kotowski. [2] In 1688 it was purchased by Queen Marie Casimire, the consort of John III Sobieski, to be transformed into a church to serve the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament, whom she had brought to Poland.
Casimir of Poland may refer to: Any ruler of Poland named Casimir: Duke Casimir I the Restorer (1016–58) High Duke Casimir II the Just (1138–94) King Casimir III the Great (1310–70) King Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427–92) Saint Casimir (1458–84), Polish–Lithuanian prince
St. Adalbert of Prague St. Casimir St. Josaphat Kuntsevych St. Jadwiga of Poland St. Stanisław Kazimierczyk St. Ursula Ledóchowska St. Faustina Kowalska St. Theresia Benedikta of the Cross St. Pope John Paul II. Wojciech of Prague (Adalbert) (c. 956–997), Professed Priest of the Benedictines; Bishop of Prague (Nymburk, Czech Republic ...
Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin (1348–1372) Casimir IV, Duke of Pomerania-Stolp (1351–1377) Saint Casimir (1458–1484), patron saint of Lithuania and Poland; Casimir I of Opole (1178/79–1230), Polish duke; Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth between 1515 and 1527