Hyacinth ( Polish: Święty Jacek or Jacek Odrowąż; c. 1185 – 15 August 1257) was a Polish Dominican priest and missionary who worked to reform the women's monasteries in his native Poland. Educated in Paris and Bologna, he was a Doctor of Sacred Studies. ( Full article...)
Attributes: statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
Monstrance or
Ciborium
Patronage:
Lithuania,
University of Santo Tomas-College of Tourism and Hospitality Management, invoked by those in danger of drowning;
Basilica of St. Hyacinth
See also:
Clare of Montefalco;
Beatrice of Silva;
Jeanne Delanoue, France;
Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga, Japan