March 4
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Casimir

St. Casimir

prince · 1458 – 1484
Daily, daily, sing to Mary.
— Hymn he used to pray

A Polish and Lithuanian prince who lived at court amid luxury, yet at night prayed before the locked doors of a church. He was just and generous to the poor. He died at 25. Holiness is possible even in a palace.

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