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 Dominic Dressing St Hyacinth in the Dominican Habit by Federico Zuccari

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. 

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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