Hyacinth of Caesarea


Hyacinth of Caesarea
Jewel-encrusted human skeleton in a gilded glass case labeled "S. HYACINTHUS M." (Saint Hyacinth, Martyr) in the Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption, the church of the former Cistercian Fürstenfeld Abbey in Bavaria
Martyr
Born96
Caesarea, Cappadocia
Roman Empire
(modern-day Kayseri, Turkey)
Died108 (aged 12)
Rome, Roman Empire
(modern-day Italy)
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
CanonizedPre-congregation
Major shrineFürstenfeld Abbey
Bavaria, Germany
Feast3 July

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).