Hyacinth of Poland

Saint Hyacinth OP
Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Hyacinth, Ludovico Carracci (1592), in the Louvre Museum
Confessor
Born	c. 1185 Kamień Śląski, Silesia, Poland
Died	15 August 1257 Kraków, Lesser Poland, Poland
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Aglipayan Church
Canonized	17 April 1594 by Pope Clement VIII
Feast	17 August
Attributes	Holding a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary along with a monstrance or ciborium[1]

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.