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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Holy Martyrs

Hyacinth

A martyr of Italy, commemorated in the Western calendars.

Feast
September 9old style September 22
Era
unknown
Place
Italy
Order
Martyrs

Life

Hyacinth is a martyr of Italy, commemorated together with Alexander and Tiburtius. The martyrs suffered in the Sabine country, about thirty miles from Rome. They are saints of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

Their commemoration falls on 9 September (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 22 September of the civil calendar. We have no further details of their lives.

Commemorated the same day September 9