Overview
- El Norte de Castilla’s daily santoral for Wednesday, March 4, 2026 names Saint Casimir as the principal commemoration.
- Born in Kraków in 1458 as the third son of King Casimir IV, Casimir is remembered for humility and service to the poor, died of tuberculosis at 26 in 1484, and is venerated as patron of Poland and Lithuania.
- El Imparcial reports his canonization by Pope Alexander VIII in 1690 and notes a tradition that his body was found incorrupt 120 years after his death.
- Other commemorations include Beata Plácida (Victoria Eulalia Jacqueline Viel) of Normandy, a Sisters of Mercy superior who founded schools and orphanages and died on March 4, 1877 at age 62.
- The day’s list also cites San Pedro (abbot), San Apiano, Beato Juan Antonio Farina, San Focio y compañeros, Beato Umberto, and San Basino, with El Norte de Castilla explaining the onomástica custom and asserting Spanish roots for the practice.