Martyr
Martyr Hyacinth of Caesarea
† ок. 108
Also known as: Иакинф Амастридский (не путать)
Martyr Hyacinth of Caesarea — a secret Christian, chamberlain to Emperor Trajan, who refused to eat food offered to idols and was starved to death in prison after 38 days of confinement.
Martyr Hyacinth of Caesarea was a young Christian who served, while concealing his faith, as chamberlain at Trajan's court. Withdrawing to pray during a pagan sacrifice, he was reported by a servant and brought to trial.
Refusing to eat food offered to idols and openly confessing Christ, he was scourged and imprisoned, where his captors tried to starve him into defilement.
After 38 days he was found dead in his cell; tradition holds angels appeared to clothe him and crown him before his death. He died in Rome c. 108 AD; his relics were later transferred to Caesarea.
His feast is kept on July 3/16.
IMPORTANT CORRECTION: the entry's former sole image turned out to depict an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT, Western saint — Roch of Montpellier (pilgrim with staff and dog) — removed. Distinguished from two other, separate Hyacinths: the companion of Protus in the group of Great Martyr Eugenia of Rome (feast December 24/January 6) and Hyacinth of Amastris.