St. Casimir Of Poland Medal
This St. Casimir Of Poland Medal and Necklace features a pendant with a hand pressed image of St. Casimir of Poland surrounded by the words ‘St. Casimir Of Poland Pray for Us’.
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St. Casimir
St. Casimir, born in 1458, was the third among the thirteen children of Casimir III, King of Poland. Casimir was extremely devout from early childhood and learned much from the good example of his holy guardian, John Douglas. From a young age, he consecrated his virginity to God and vowed to live a life focused not on worldly pleasures but in service to God.
Rejecting the Crown of Poland
At the age of fifteen, when some of the nobles of Hungary begged the King of Poland to allow them to place his 3rd son St. Casimir on the throne, the young Prince refused to employ force to obtain the crown. The rest of his years were devoted to sanctifying himself: he fasted, wore a hair shirt, slept upon the ground, prayed long hours during the night, and waited at dawn for the church doors to be opened to assist with the Mass. He loved to meditate on the Passion of Christ, and had a singular devotion to the Blessed Virgin, which he expressed in a beautiful hymn, a copy of which by his request, was buried with him.
St. Casimir died of tuberculosis in 1483, after a lingering illness, at the age of only twenty-five. Many miracles have resulted by his intercession, and he was canonized by Pope Leo X. He is the patron saint of Poland and Lithuania, and youth as a role model of purity. When the saint’s tomb in the Cathedral of Vienna was opened one hundred and twenty-two years after his death, to transfer the remains to a rich marble vault in the same edifice, his body and the robe of silk with which he had been interred were found whole and incorrupt.
St. Casimir, as we wear this medal in your honor stir in our hearts a zeal and love for the Lord that we may profess your hymn in our own lives:
Daily, daily sing to Mary;
Sing, my soul, her praises due.
All her glorious actions cherish,
With the heart’s devotion true.
Lost in wond’ring contemplation,
Be her majesty confessed!
Call her Mother, call her Virgin,
Happy Mother, Virgin blest!
St. Casimir of Poland Rosary
UPC: 617759400083
Brand: Bliss
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