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Hyacinth of Caesarea

Christian martyr

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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 is available on this saint so far.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • CatholicSaints.Info - Saint Hyacinth of Caesarea — Memorial 3 July (matches the feast on the page). Chamberlain of Trajan at Caesarea in Cappadocia, starved to death rather than eat meat offered to idols. Sources given: the Roman Martyrology and the Book of Saints (Monks
  • Wikidata Q3143612 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Hyacinth of Caesarea (CC BY-SA)

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