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Hyacinth of Poland
Polish Dominican priest and missionary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the 2nd-century martyr, see Hyacinth of Caesarea. For the 3rd-century martyr, see Hyacinth and Protus. For the city in Quebec, see Saint-Hyacinthe.
Hyacinth (Polish: Święty Jacek or Jacek Odrowąż; c. 1185 – 15 August 1257) was a Polish Dominican priest and missionary who worked to reform the women's monasteries in his native Poland. Educated in Paris and Bologna, he was a Doctor of Sacred Studies.
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![]() Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Hyacinth, Ludovico Carracci (1592), in the Louvre Museum | |
Confessor | |
Born | c. 1185 Kamień Śląski, Silesia, Poland |
Died | 15 August 1257 Kraków, Lesser Poland, Poland |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Aglipayan Church |
Canonized | 17 April 1594 by Pope Clement VIII |
Feast | 17 August |
Attributes | Holding a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary along with a monstrance or ciborium[1] |
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