holidays

Christian feast day: Saint Hyacinth of Poland

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Saint Hyacinth of Poland from August 17, null

Hyacinth of Poland

Polish Dominican priest and missionary

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.
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August 17

Day of the year

August 17 is the 229th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year.
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