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St. Hyacinth’s name in Roman Plaque

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the issue of Roman inscriptions containing the name of St. Hyacinth Odrowąż – a question that so far has been completely ignored in scientific research. As a result of a study undertaken in situ the author collected, verified and translated into Polish for the first time probably all the commemorative plaques that refer to the Polish Dominican. An important result of this research is the identification of two chapels dedicated to St. Hyacinth, in the basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri and in the church Santa Maria del Suffragio, that hitherto had been ignored in Polish works concerning Rome. The analysis of the gathered material points to the wide and longstanding character of the the cult of St. Hyacinth in the Eternal City, maintained both by Dominicans and representatives of the ecclesial hierarchy as also by lay donors. The vitality of this cult is also evidenced by the fact that children in Italy were given the name of the Polish saint (e.g. the name of the founder of the chapel of St. Hyacinth in the church Santa Maria del Suffragio). The inscriptions that until now were marginalized in studies on the history of the cult of St. Hyacinth are therefore a precious cognitive source, showing its multidimensional character.

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