RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Casimir

1458 - 1484

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Casimir Jagiellon (; Latin: Casimirus; Lithuanian: Kazimieras; Polish: Kazimierz; 3 October 1458 – 4 March 1484) 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, diplomat, and priest. After his elder brother Vladislaus was elected as King of Bohemia in 1471, Casimir became the heir apparent. At the age of 13, Casimir participated in the failed military campaign to install him as King of Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Casimir is the 613th most popular religious figure (up from 617th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Poland (up from 120th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

Saint Casimir is most famous for being the patron saint of Poland. He was born in 1458 and died in 1484.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Casimir ranks 613 out of 3,187. Before him are Bruno of Cologne, Nichiren, Pancras of Rome, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair, Saint Giles, and Eli. After him are Tamar, Canaan, Anne Catherine Emmerich, Rāhula, John Wesley, and Abbas ibn Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1458, Saint Casimir ranks 1. After him are Sebastian Brant, Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham, Piri Mehmed Pasha, Eleanor of Viseu, Jacopo Sannazaro, and John II, Duke of Cleves. Among people deceased in 1484, Saint Casimir ranks 2. Before him is Pope Sixtus IV. After him are Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, Ippolita Maria Sforza, Luigi Pulci, Mino da Fiesole, Nicolas Froment, and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Saint Casimir ranks 110 out of 1,694. Before him are Osip Mandelstam (1891), Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Marie Walewska (1786), Georg Forster (1754), Henryk Wieniawski (1835), and Dziga Vertov (1896). After him are Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Ulrich Beck (1944), Karl Hanke (1903), Hanna Reitsch (1912), and Casimir Funk (1884).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Saint Casimir ranks 5. Before him are Pope John Paul II (1920), Faustina Kowalska (1905), Maximilian Kolbe (1894), and Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906). After him are Angelus Silesius (1624), Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Stanislaus Kostka (1550), Itzhak Stern (1901), and Stanisław Ryłko (1945).

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