Poland and Lithuania celebrate a prince who chose piety over the crown
Every March, Poland and Lithuania honor a prince who famously rejected a royal marriage and a crown to dedicate his short life to charity and quiet devotion.
Saint Casimir's Day commemorates a 15th-century prince of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania who became a symbol of national identity and spiritual integrity. Despite his royal lineage, Casimir was known for his extreme austerity, frequently sleeping on the bare ground and refusing a strategic marriage to the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor.
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