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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.
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.
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.
St. Casimir (Kazimieras, 1458–1484) is the only canonized saint of Lithuania. [15] [16] He is the patron of the country and Lithuanian youth. [15] [17] [16] Polish saint Raphael Kalinowski was born in Lithuania's capital Vilnius, then controlled by the Russian Empire.
List of churches in Vilnius, Lithuania, includes existing places of worship ... Church of St. Casimir, Naujoji Vilnia: Šv. Kazimiero bažnyčia: Roman Catholic 1911
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.
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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.