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Hyacinth of Caesarea

Christian martyr

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 3 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
96
Died
108
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Hyacinth (Greek: Ὑάκινθος, Hyakinthos; died 108 AD) was a young Christian living at the start of the second century, who is honored as a martyr and a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Hyacinth is sometimes called by his Latin name Hyacinthus (in French: Hyacinthe; Spanish: Jacinto; and Italian: Giacinto).

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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