Saint Hyacinth
![[Saint Hyacinth]](sainth06.jpg "66kb detail of Saint Hyacinth from 'Three Dominican Saints' by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1738, oil on canvas, 345 x 172 cm, Santa Maria dei Gesuati, Venice, Italy; if you have information about this image, please email me; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Also known as
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Apostle to Poland
Apostle of the North
Hyacinth of Cracow
Jacynthe
- Memorial
- 17 August
- Profile
- Related to Saint Ceslaus.
Educated in Krakow, Prague, Paris and Bologna.
Doctor of Law and of Sacred Studies.
Priest.
Worked to reform convents in his native Poland.
While in Rome working with his uncle, Bishop Ivo Konski of Krakow, he witnessed a miracle performed by Saint Dominic.
He became of friend of Saint Dominic, and became one of the first Dominicans.
Brought the Dominican Order to Poland, then evangelized throughout Poland, Pomerania, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Scotland, Russia, Turkey, and Greece.
During an attack on a monastery, Hyacinth managed to save a crucifix and statue of Mary, though the statue weighed far more than he could normally have lifted; the saint is usually shown holding these two items.
- Born
- 1185 at Lanka Castle, Kamin, Silesia, Poland
- Died
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15 August 1257 at Krakow, Poland of natural causes
relics at Paris, France
- Name Meaning
- purple (greek)
- Canonized
- 17 April 1594 by Pope Clement VIII
- Patronage
- Poland
- Images
- Gallery of images of Saint Hyacinth
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
Kirken i Norge norwegian
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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