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• Anthony, Saint 
  Roman Catholic Saint.
  Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
   
• Basanavicius, Dr. Jonas    b. November 23, 1851  d. February 16, 1927
  Lithuanian Statesman. He was the patriarch of the Lithuanian National Movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the first signer of the Lithuanian Declaration of Independence (1918). A physician by profession, Basanavicius was a prolific writer who rallied the Lithuanian nation to national consciousness which resulted in Lithuanian independence being achieved. His publication Ausra (The Dawn), first printed in 1883, was smuggled into Lithuania where it was read and cherished. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Passic, Albion Historian)
  Rasu kapines, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
   
• Casimir, Saint   b. October 3, 1458  d. March 4, 1484
  Roman Catholic Saint. Lithuanian prince and patron Saint of Poland.
  Saint Casimir's Chapel, Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
   
• Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas    b. 1875  d. 1911
  Lithuania's greatest artist and composer.
  Rasu kapines, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
   
• Eustachius    d. 188
  Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Saint.
  Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
   
• Geist, Edwin    b. July 31, 1902  d. December 10, 1942
  Composer. One of many gifted musicians killed by the Nazis, his music has only recently been rescued from obscurity. Edwin Ernst Moritz Geist was born in Berlin, and studied at the Conservatory there. He was a teacher, journalist, and occasional conductor in Germany until 1937, when the Reich Chamber of Music barred him from professional activity because he was half-Jewish. The following year he moved to Kaunas, Lithuania, where he married Jewish pianist Lyda Bagriansky and realized his...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Ninth Fort Holocaust Memorial, Kaunas, Kaunas District Municipality, Kaunas, Lithuania
  Plot: Unmarked mass grave
   
• Ivan, Saint 
  Saint.
  Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
   
• Jagiellon, Alexander  
  Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, reigned 1492-1506.
  Saint Casimir's Chapel, Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
   
• Kondratowicz, Ludvik   b. 1823  d. 1862
  Poet and musician. This is probably the only funeral monument in the world to feature a hurdy-gurdy.
  Saint John's Church, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
   
• Lvov, Alexei Feodorovich    b. June 5, 1795  d. December 28, 1870
  Composer of the Russian tsarist national anthem (you can hear it near the end of the '1812' overture).
  Pazaislis Monastery, Kaunas, Kaunas District Municipality, Kaunas, Lithuania
   
• Maironis, Jonas    b. 1872  d. 1932
  Writer, priest and patriot.
  Kaunas Cathedral, Kaunas, Kaunas District Municipality, Kaunas, Lithuania
   
• Pilsudski, Josef [Heart only]    b. December 5, 1867  d. May 12, 1935
  [Heart only] Polish patriot, nationalist, Field Marshal, Chief of State and Prime Minister of Poland. He is largely responsible for Poland regaining her independence following World War I, after being controlled and occupied for 123 years. Some historians have considered him as a Polish Oliver Cromwell, a comparison that has drawn both intense praise and controversy. Born Jozef Klemens Pilsudski, the second son, at his family estate in the small village of Zulovo (now Zalavas, Lithuania)...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Rasu kapines, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
   
• Radvilaite, Barbora   b. 1520  d. 1551
  Polish Monarch. The Queen of Poland, she was the wife of Sigmund the Second and Duchess of Lithuania. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
  Saint Casimir's Chapel, Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
   
• Vladislav IV, Duke [Heart and 'guts']  
  Grand Duke of Lithuania, claimant to the throne of Sweden. (reigned 1632-1648).
  Saint Casimir's Chapel, Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
   
• Zalman, Eliyahu ben Shelomo 'Vilna Gaon'    b. 1720  d. 1797
  Rabbi, writer and philosopher. He is known as the Vilna Gaon.
  Saltonishkiu Cemetery (Vilna), Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
   

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