St. Casimir | Saint of the Day | March 4

SAINT CASIMIR
HOLY MAN

Casimir was born in 1458, son of King Casimir IV of Poland and Elizabeth of Austria. He fled the life of ease and privileges, and when the Hungarians desposed their king Matthias Corvinus in 1461and offered him the crown, he refused it. He spent his brief life (he died at age twenty five) following ascetic ideals and assisting his father in the rule of the kingdom. He was canonized in1521.
He is depicted as a youth in regal clothes, often with a royal crown nearby. He is invoked against illnesses caused by chills and against carnal temptations.

PROTECTOR: The youth of Lithuania.
PATRON: Casimir is the patron saint of Poland and Lithuania.
NAME: Casimir is of Polish origin and means “to destroy peace.”

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