Hyacinth of Poland
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Hyacinth was a Polish Dominican priest and missionary. He is venerated as a saint, who worked to reform the women's monasteries in his native Poland. Educated in Paris and Bologna, he was a Doctor of
Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Hyacinth, Ludovico Carracci (1592), in the Louvre Museum
18th century Vitex parviflora statue of Hyacinth
Hyacinth with a monstrance and a statue of Mary, a detail from Three Dominican Saints by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1738), in the Gesuati Church, Venice, Italy
Saint Hyacinth of Poland (anonymous, 17th century). Santo Domingo Convent, Quito
Basilica of Saint Hyacinth
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The Basilica of Saint Hyacinth is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, located at 3636 West Wolfram Street in the Avondale neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
Hyacinth of Poland
…is the patron saint of those in danger of drowning and weight lifting. Among notable churches in North America dedicated to Hyacinth of Poland is the Basilica of St. Hyacinth in Chicago. Kraków's annual Pierogi Festival is held on St. Hyacinth's feast day, and the winner receives a statuette of him…
Chicago, IL Basilica of St. Hyacinth
Detail of the mural in the basilica's dome
One of the basilica's bronze entrance doors by Czesław Dźwigaj
Rahm Emanuel speaking at St. Hyacinth Basilica.