St. Kazimierz (association)


House of St. Œuvre de Saint Casimir - an institution founded in 1846 by Polish emigres in Paris (Great Emigration), on the initiative of Princess Anna Sapunanka, to help Poles who have no other refuge in France, veterans, orphans and the poor. The house was financed by the contributions of Polish noble families as well as inheritance and donations. The facility could be built at the current address thanks to the support of the hr. Ksawery Grocholska. The entrance to the building is the Grocholski coat of arms - Syrokomla. House of St. Kazimierz

From 1860 until now it occupies a three-storey building with annexes and a large garden at 119 rue du Chevaleret in Paris. It was in this House that the poet Cyprian Kamil Norwid lived and died and the singer Wiera Gran. The Polish general from the January Uprising Aleksander Waligórski died here. From the very beginning, the Sisters and their residents took care of the nuns from Poland from the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity called greyhounds. The house is managed by the association "Gift of St. Casimir."

Currently sisters are taking care of the elderly, and one wing of the building provides visitors with room for rent.

Bibliography

House of St. Kazimierz (film)

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