🇵🇱 🇧🇾🇻🇦 Saint Casimir of Poland Feast: March 4

 

Saint Casimir of Poland
Layman ( 1484 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: March 4
"Blessed are the peacemakers"
Saints Who Exemplify the Beatitudes

Casimir's father was king of Poland , his mother an Austrian princess . From the age of 9, he was educated by the learned and holy priest, diplomat, and soldier Jan Długosz , Poland's first historian.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Casimir

At the age of 14, Casimir was sent to lead an army against the king of Hungary 🤴 🇭🇺 When the enterprise began to look fruitless, Casimir withdrew his army. At the same time, a letter from the pope arrived, asking the Poles and Hungarians to seek peace. Nevertheless, Casimir's father, upset by his son's refusal to go to war, imprisoned him in a castle ⛓️ 🏰 for 3 months.

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https://www.catholic.org/saints/fun_facts_arch.php?saint=33

https://www.catholicsun.org/2019/03/04/feast-of-st-casimir/

Afterward, Casimir would no longer take up arms. He took to wearing a hairshirt under his clothes and began to pray at night outside the locked doors of churches   He refused to be married, preferring to remain solely at Christ 's service  It is said that Casimir exhibited the classic signs of dwelling perpetually in God's presence: a serene countenance and a will toward peace in all his relationships. He spent so much of his time and income on the needy  that his countrymen dubbed him "defender of the poor."

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=33

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For 3 years, from 1481 A.D. to 1483 A.D., Casimir ably administered the Polish kingdom in his father's absence. The next year, he contracted tuberculosis, and died at the age of 26. He is venerated by Poles and Lithuanians 🇱🇹 under the title "the Peacemaker"

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https://welovelithuania.com/en/kaziukas-st-casimir-fair-starts-tomorow/

 Merciful Father, through the intercession of Saint Casimir , make me an agent of peace 🕊 at my place of work 

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