Feast August 17
Saint Hyacinth of Poland
Missionary · Feast August 17
Biography
Hyacinth 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.
Feast day
August 17
Birth date
1185
Death date
15 August 1257
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
17 April 1594
Canonized by
Pope Clement VIII
Feast month
8
Wikidata qid
Q8689031
Feast day of month
17