Name saints

Saints named Hyacinth

3 saints with the name Hyacinth, which is also written Jacek, Jacinto, Giacinto or Hyacinthe. A name day is usually kept on the feast of one’s name saint: for Hyacinth, for example on 6 May, the feast of Blessed Jacinto Vera.

• Blessed Jacinto Vera

  Uruguayan bishop (1813 – 1881), first Roman Catholic bishop of Montevideo and blessed

  6 MayVisit the tomb

• Saint Hyacinth of Poland

  Polish Dominican priest

  17 AugustVisit the tomb

• Blessed Jacinto de los Angeles

  18 SeptemberVisit the tomb

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