Santa Sabina:
Chapel of St Hyacinth

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Chapel of St Hyacinth

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The Cappella di San Giacinto (Chapel of St Hyacinth), in the church of Santa Sabina, was commissioned by Cardinal Girolamo Bernieri da Correggio (1540-1611) and built shortly after 1594, the year Hyacinth of Poland (c. 1185-1257) was canonised. 

St. Hyacinth Venerates the Virgin Mary by Lavinia Fontana

The altarpiece is a rare example in Rome of the work of a female painter, Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614), and depicts St Hyacinth Venerating the Virgin Mary (1599). 

St Dominic Dressing St Hyacinth in the Dominican Habit by Federico Zuccari

The Canonisation of St Hyacinth by Federico Zuccari

The frescoes on the walls are by Federico Zuccari (1539-1609) and depict scenes from the life of St Hyacinth, a Polish Dominican priest and missionary. On the left wall is a fresco of St Dominic Dressing St Hyacinth in the Dominican Habit and on the right The Canonisation of St Hyacinth.  ​

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