Children resemble parents, but are reborn as grandparents. His grandfather is the pious Jogaila. My favorite tune is the hymn "Hail Mary Every Day". All his brothers are kings or cardinals, and his mother is the Mother of Kings.
This is Saint Kazimierz (1458-1484), patron of Lithuania since 1636. He is also a Saint of the Order of Malta (Maltese).
On the initiative and funds of the rulers Zygmantas and Vladislaus Vaz, a chapel named after him was built in the Vilnius Cathedral, to which the remains of the saint were transferred in 1636. Even Laurynas Gucevičius himself did not dare to touch this chapel, who during the reconstruction of the cathedral in St. Casimir's chapel was walled up so that nothing would be damaged in it.
Since 1636, as March 4 approaches, St. On Casimir's Day, the Kaziuk kermošius, i.e. the church fair (from the German "kirche messe") is bustling in Vilnius. Until 1901, the kermoši was held daily. On the Cathedral Square, but here, when the monument to Empress Ekaterina II began to be built, it was realized that there was no place for such a fair, and it was moved to Lukiškės Square.
After World War II Lukiškiai square after the monument to Lenin was built, the fair was moved to the former collective market, which is now known as Kalvarija market. After the restoration of Lithuania's independence, Kaziuk's kermošius was returned to the heart of Vilnius. Today, in the conditions of the pandemic, it will take place for the first time beyond reality - online. Maybe it will be possible to buy gingerbread "Kaziuk's heart" or "baron" necklaces here as well?
Even for babbling and babbling, almost 400-year-old Kaziukas is the beginning of spring.
The illustration shows a painting from the Vilnius Cathedral - St. Kazimierz devours kindness and generosity with three hands. Legend has it that the artist wanted to slightly change the movement of his right hand. After some time, an old painted hand emerged from under the paint, which no one dared to apply. That is how the saint remained depicted with three hands.
More about Saint Casimir and his painting here.
