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Feast
Day: August 17
Also
known as
Apostle to Poland;
Apostle of the North; Hyacinth of Cracow
Profile
Educated in Paris
and Bologna. Doctor of Sacred Studies. Priest.
Worked to reform convents in his native Poland.
While in Rome,
he witnessed a miracle performed by Saint Dominic,
and became a Dominican.
Brought the Dominican
Order to Poland,
then evangelized throughout Poland,
Sweden,
Norway,
Denmark,
Scotland,
Russia,
Turkey, and Greece.
During an attack on a monastery,
Hyacinth managed to save a crucifix and statue of Mary,
though the statue weighed far more than he could normally have lifted; the
saint is usually shown holding these two items.
Born
1185
@ Silesia
Died
1257
Canonized
1594
Patronage
Poland
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