Hyacinth of Caesarea

Hyacinth was born into a Christian family in Caesarea in Cappadocia in the Roman Empire. As a boy, he was elected Assistant to the Herr's chamber of Emperor Trajan. He refused, however, to attend sacrificial ceremonies of Roman Gods, what struck other members of the imperial household.

As Hyacinth was denounced later because of his Christian faith, he held on to this. Hereupon he was captured, flogged and tortured. It was given to him only eating meat that had been blessed as a sacrifice to the Roman gods; the consumption of such meat was forbidden both in the Jewish than in Christianity. In the year 108 Hyacinth died at the age of twelve years from the effects of malnutrition. According to a legend, the jailer saw before his death, as Hyacinth was comforted by angels and this touched down him a crown.

His body was later identified and is now venerated in the former Cistercian monastery church of St. Assumption in Fürstenfeldbruck.