17th August – St Hyacinth

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17th August - St Hyacinth

17th August ~ ST HYACINTH (A.D. 1257) St Hyacinth (in Polish, Jacek, a form of John) was a Silesian, born in 1185, in the district called Oppeln, between Breslau and Cracow. He is venerated as an apostle of Poland, and was undoubtedly a great missionary. He became a Dominican, perhaps in Rome, in 1217 or…

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