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The Opening of the Coffin of St. Casimir measures 285 by 402 centimetres (112 in × 158 in) and decorates the east wall. It depicts the opening of St. Casimir's coffin on August 16, 1604 during his canonization proceedings. The body in the coffin was found intact, 120 years after the burial.
It is five bays wide, divided into three sections by a central, projecting three story tower. It was acquired by St. Casimir Roman Catholic Parish in Yonkers in 1900 and used as a convent and, after 1955, a rectory. John Copcutt (1805-1895) was a prominent industrialist and contributed significantly to the development of Yonkers.
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The leaving Orthodox monks has stolen many treasures from the monastery, including the St. Mass Cup, decorated with over 1000 gemstones (over 400 diamonds, 300 rubies and 200 emeralds). [11] After 1920 the ruined monastery returned to Roman Catholics and was restored by sisters of the Lithuanian convent of St. Casimir.
St. Joseph College, St. Joseph, New Brunswick Canada (1864) University of Portland, Portland, Oregon (1901) University of Holy Cross, New Orleans, Louisiana (1916) (Marianites of Holy Cross) King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1946) Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts (1948) Notre Dame College, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1949)
In December 1946, with the help from Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo, the college bought a former monastery of the Poor Clares [3] for $27,000 (equivalent to $421,863 in 2023) and spent another $6,000 (equivalent to $93,747 in 2023) on renovations. In May 1947, priest Antanas Briška from United States repaid the full $33,000 to the Vatican and ...
Długosz and Saint Casimir by Florian Cynk (circa 1869) Prince Casimir's uncle Ladislaus the Posthumous, King of Hungary and Bohemia, died in 1457 at the age of 17, without leaving an heir. Casimir's father, King Casimir IV, subsequently advanced his claims to Hungary and Bohemia, but could not enforce them due to the Thirteen Years' War (1454 ...
It is by some accounts the oldest structure in New Orleans, built between 1748 and 1752. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The convent and its associated school, Ursuline Academy , moved downriver to a site on Dauphine Street in the 9th Ward in 1824, turning over the original convent to the bishop of New Orleans ...