Saint Casimir
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 540 years ago |
Date of birth | October 3,1458 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Wawel |
Krakow | |
Poland | |
Date of died | March 4,1484 |
Died | Grodno |
Belarus | |
Full name | Casimir Jagiellon |
Buried | Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius, Lithuania |
Siblings | John I Albert |
Elizabeth Jagiellon | |
Barbara Jagiellon | |
Vladislaus II of Hungary | |
Sigismund I the Old | |
Parents | Casimir IV Jagiellon |
Elizabeth of Austria | |
Sophia of Halshany | |
Władysław Gubrynowicz | |
Feast | 4 March |
Canon | Pope Leo X |
Pope Clement VIII | |
Attribut | Lily, grand ducal cap |
Place of burial | Church of St. Casimir, Vilnius, Lithuania |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 982078 |
Saint Casimir Life story
Casimir Jagiellon was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The second son of King Casimir IV Jagiellon, he was tutored by Johannes Longinus, a Polish chronicler and diplomat. After his elder brother Vladislaus was elected as King of Bohemia in 1471, Casimir became the heir apparent.