Hyacinth (Greek: Ὑάκινθος, Hyakinthos; died 108 AD) was a young Christian living at the start of the second century, who is honored as a martyr and a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

His failure to participate in the ceremonial sacrifices to the official Roman gods soon came to be noticed by other members of the Imperial household.

He was deliberately served only food which had been blessed for sacrifice to the gods, the eating of which was banned by Christianity.

The church contains a jewel-encrusted human skeleton in a gilded glass case labeled "S. HYACINTHUS M." (Saint Hyacinth, Martyr).

[6] Writing of Europe's skeletons of "catacomb saints", art historian Paul Koudounaris alleges that they "could have been anyone, but they were pulled out of the ground and raised to the heights of glory.