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Martyr

Hyacinth

A martyr honored in the West, of whom little is known.

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Feast
September 11old style September 24
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Hyacinth was a martyr, commemorated on 11 September together with Protus. Tradition makes them brothers and servants of Saint Eugenia; they suffered under Valerian, about 257. His tomb and epitaph in the cemetery of Basilla on the Via Salaria were found intact in 1845. His relics are venerated at Rome. The date follows the Western calendar (new style).

Commemorated the same day September 11