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Eugeniusz Marcin Kazimirowski (November 11, 1873 – September 23, 1939 in
Kazimirowski studied painting at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts 1892–1897. He continued his studies in Munich,
La Congregación de las Hermanas de Jesús Misericordioso
Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area.
Białystok is located in the Białystok U ...
) was a Polish painter member of the realism movement. He is best known for the first depiction of the Divine Mercy image
The Image of the Divine Mercy is a depiction of Jesus Christ that is based on the devotion initiated by Faustina Kowalska.
According to Kowalska's diary, Jesus told her "I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not peris ...
in 1934, based on a request from Faustyna Kowalska
Maria Faustyna Kowalska, OLM (born Helena Kowalska; 25 August 1905 – 5 October 1938), also known as ''Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament'', Faustyna popularly spelled "Faustina", was a Polish Catholic religious sister an ...
and her confessor Michael Sopoćko.''Faustina: The Apostle of Divine Mercy'' by Catherine M. Odell 1998 page 86
Background
Kazimirowski studied painting at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts 1892–1897. He continued his studies in Munich, Paris
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and Rome
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. After World War I
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, he moved from Kraków
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to Wilno
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. He taught at the Wilno Teacher Training Institute and worked on theatrical design in Wilno. He painted mostly landscapes and portraits.
Kazimirowski's ''Divine Mercy'' was first shown in public at the Easter ceremonies of April 25–28, 1934, and the first Mass with the Divine Mercy image was celebrated by Rev. Michael Sopoćko at the Gate of Dawn church in Wilno, on April 28, 1935 the second Easter Sunday, long before the Vatican approved the term ''Divine Mercy Sunday
Divine Mercy Sunday (also known as the Feast of the Divine Mercy) is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter, which concludes the Octave of Easter. The feast day is observed in the Roman Rite calendar, as well as some Anglo-Catholics of ...
'' in 2000.''Faustina: The Apostle of Divine Mercy'' by Catherine M. Odell 1998 page 102-103
In 1936, Kazimirowski moved to the city of Białystok, where he became involved in marketing tourism. He died there in 1939. Sr. Dominika Stec of the Sisters of the Merciful Jesus (the order St. Faustina wrote about founding in her diary) spoke in an interview on ''The Original Image of Divine Mercy: The Untold Story of an Unknown Masterpiece'', explaining that Kazimirowski "presumably died of pneumonia",Dominica Stec, Sisters of the Merciful Jesus - Faustina researcher from Ostrowek, Klembow County, Poland, in ''The Original Image of Divine Mercy: The Untold Story of an Unknown Masterpiece'' film but that "The real cause of Mr. Kazimirowski's death is unknown." She describes the era of his death as being difficult and occurring closely after the Communist invasion. The film proceeds to hint that his death may have been caused by "an unkind visit by the merciless NKVD predecessors of the KGB."Narrator, ''The Original Image of Divine Mercy: The Untold Story of an Unknown Masterpiece''
Most of Kazimirowski's works were lost in World War II.El pintor Eugenio KazimirowskiLa Congregación de las Hermanas de Jesús Misericordioso
See also
* Adolf Hyła *Divine Mercy
The Divine Mercy is a form of God's compassion, an act of grace based on trust or forgiveness. In Catholicism, it refers specifically to a devotion which had its origin in the apparitions of Jesus Christ reported by Faustina Kowalska.
Etym ...
* List of unsolved deaths
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* Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy, Vilnius
The Divine Mercy Sanctuary of Vilnius or the Holy Trinity Church ( lt, Vilniaus Dievo Gailestingumo šventovė) is a shrine in Vilnius dedicated to the Divine Mercy, a devotion originated by Faustina Kowalska.
History
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References
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