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{{short description|Christian saint}}
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|birth_date={{death date|1585|3|16|df=y}}▼
|honorific_suffix=[[Third Order Regular of Saint Francis of Penance|TOR]]
|death_date={{death date and age|1640|1|30|1585|3|16|df=y}}
|feast_day=[[30 January
|venerated_in=[[Roman
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|birth_place=[[Vignanello]], [[
|death_place=[[Viterbo]],
|titles=[[Virgin (title)|Virgin]]
|beatified_date=1726
|beatified_place=[[Rome]], Papal States
|beatified_by=
|canonized_date=14 May 1807
|canonized_place=Rome, Papal States
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|major_shrine=Church of Santa Giacinta Marescotti, Viterbo, Italy
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==Life==
At [[baptism]] she received the name Clarice. Her parents were the Count Marcantonio Marescotti, who claimed descent from one [[Marius Scotus]], a military leader under the [[Emperor]] [[Charlemagne]], and Countess Ottavia Orsini, whose father had built the noted [[Gardens of Bomarzo]].
At an early age she and her sisters, Ginevra and Ortensia, were sent to the [[Monastery]] of St. [[Bernardino of Siena|Bernardino]] to be educated by the community of the sisters of the [[Third Order of St. Francis#Third Order Regular|Franciscan Third Order Regular]]. When their studies were complete, her older sister, Ginevra, chose to enter the monastic community as a sister, and received the [[religious name]] Immacolata. In her early youth, Clarice had been noted for her piety, but, as she grew older, she became frivolous, which not even an almost-miraculous saving of her life at the age of 17 could change, nor her education at the monastery.<ref name=mershman>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07591c.htm Mershman, Francis. "St. Hyacintha Mariscotti." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 18 June 2016</ref>
At the age of 20 she set her heart upon marriage with the Marquess Capizucchi, but was passed by in favour of a younger sister. Disappointed, she entered the monastery in Viterbo where she had been educated, receiving the name '''Hyacintha'''. She admitted later that she did this only to hide her chagrin and not to give up the luxuries of the world. She kept her own kitchen, wore a habit of the finest material, and received and paid visits at pleasure.▼
▲At the age of 20
For ten years, she kept up this life, in defiance of her vows, but at the same time, retained a lively faith, was regular in her devotions, remained pure, always showed a great respect for the mysteries of religion, and had a tender devotion to the [[Virgin Mary]]. Due to a severe illness, the [[priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] who was the [[confessor]] to the [[monastery]] went to her cell to bring her [[Holy Communion]]. Shocked by the display of luxuries he saw there, he admonished her to a closer observance of the way of life to which she had committed herself. ▼
▲For ten years,
Hyacintha completely changed her life. She gave away her costly garments, wore an old [[tunic]], went barefoot, frequently [[fasted]] on bread and water, and chastised her body by [[vigils]]. During the outbreak of a plague in the city, she became noted for her devotion in nursing the sick.<ref name=foley>[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.aspx?id=1276 Foley, Leonard ofm. "St. Hyacintha of Mariscotti", ''Saint of the Day'', Franciscan Media]</ref>
Her reputation for holiness was so great, that, after her death, her habit had to be replaced three times due to pieces being snipped off for [[relics]] by the people.▼
Hyacintha went on to establish two [[confraternity|confraternities]], whose members were called Oblates of Mary or "Sacconi". One of these, similar to the [[Society of St. Vincent de Paul]], gathered [[alms]] for the [[Convalescence|convalescent]], for the poor who were ashamed to beg, and for the care of prisoners; the other procured homes for the aged.
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==Veneration==
Hyacintha was [[beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope Benedict XIII]] in 1726, and [[canonization|canonized]] on 14 May 1807 by [[Pope Pius VII]].<ref name=foley/> Today her remains are preserved for [[veneration]] in the church of her now-defunct monastery, which today bears her name.
Hyacintha's [[feast day]] is celebrated on 30 January.
==See also==
* [[Portal:Catholic Church/Patron Archive/January 30|Saint Hyacintha Mariscotti, patron saint archive]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041856/http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainth21.htm Hyacinth at Patron Saints Index]▼
*[http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0130.shtml#hyac Saints of January 30: Hyacintha Mariscotti] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225123851/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0130.shtml#hyac |date=2020-02-25 }}
▲*[http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainth21.htm Hyacinth at Patron Saints Index]
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[[Category:1585 births]]
[[Category:1640 deaths]]
[[Category:Franciscan nuns]]▼
[[Category:Female saints]]▼
[[Category:People from the Province of Viterbo]]
[[Category:Nuns of the Franciscan Third Order Regular]]
[[Category:16th-century Christian saints]]
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