Hyacinth of Caesarea | |
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Martyr | |
Born | 96 Caesarea, Cappadocia Roman Empire (modern-day Kayseri, Turkey) |
Died | 108 (aged 12) Rome, Roman Empire (modern-day Italy) |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
Canonized | Pre-congregation |
Major shrine | Fürstenfeld Abbey Bavaria, Germany |
Feast | 3 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).