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Italian nobility. Educated in a Franciscan convent. Franciscan tertiary
for 10 years, though with no real enthusiasm; she used her personal funds
to insure comfortable lodgings, and none of the privations of the other
tertiaries. A serious illness caused Hyacintha's confessor to bring her
Communion, which allowed him to see her rooms for the first time.
Scandalized at the life she provided herself, the priest told her to live
more humbly. Hyacintha took his advice, became humble in her food and
dress, did the most menial work in the convent, and replaced her bed with
a few bare boards. She became an exceptional mistress of novices, and
developed a special appeal for "those who are despised, who are devoid of
self-love and who have little sensible consolation." Over the years she
developed a special devotion to the sufferings of Christ and, by her
penances, became an inspiration to the sisters in her convent.
Born: 1585 near Viterbo, Italy
Died: 1640 of natural causes
Canonized: 1807 by Pope Pius VII
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