Chapel of Saint Casimir
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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 Casimi
Interior of the Chapel of Saint Casimir
Foundation plaque on the wall of the chapel from Cathedral Square with the coat of arms of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the latin inscription: lit. 'To God, the Best and Greatest. / To Saint Casimir, / son of Casimir, king of the Jagiellonian dynasty, / patron, guardian, and defender / of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, / a kinsman prince, / Sigismund III, King of Poland and Sweden, / this chapel / as an eternal monument of his piety and devotion / erected, furnished, and adorned. / Władysław IV, / by the translation of the sacred body, / honored, completed, and dedicated it / in the Year of the Lord 1636, on the 14th day of August
Three-Handed St. Casimir without riza
Three-Handed St. Casimir with riza
Saint Casimir
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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, dipl
Długosz and Saint Casimir by Florian Cynk (circa 1869)
Casimir's silver sarcophagus at the Chapel of Saint Casimir, Vilnius Cathedral
Lithuanian folk sculpture of Saint Casimir