Listers: Has anyone ever come across the given name Chiacinthus. I am reading a marriage document for Wychodow Nizankowice dating to 1784 and I am not familiar with such a given name. Any comments out there? Helen Ginn

Hi Helen I believe that it is a form of Hyacinth. But the fellow was probably called "Jacek" by his family and neighbors. Here in Chicago, we have Saint Hyacinth Church (which is also a basilica visited by Pope John-Paul II and Polish President Lech Kaczynski among others) but to the new Polish immigrants who attend Holy Mass there it is affectionately called "Sw. Jacka" and the neighborhood is referred to as "Jackowo". I have a collaborator-buddy in Poland who named his son Jacek. When I heard the choice of name, I said "Hyacinth"? He was somewhat offended and retorted, "My son is not a pansy!" Little Jacek is pictured on our main entry page: http://spuscizna.org and appears in several of our photos of parishes north of Brzesko and west of Tarnow. Little Jacek has become our mascot.. Cheers! Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Ginn" <ginn@ebtech.net> To: <galicia-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 8:10 AM Subject: [GALICIA] Given Name Chiacinthus > Listers: > > Has anyone ever come across the given name Chiacinthus. > > I am reading a marriage document for Wychodow Nizankowice > dating to 1784 and I am not familiar with such a given name. > > Any comments out there? > > Helen Ginn > > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hyacinthus is Latin spelling of Greek name Hyakinthos. ________ Lavrentiy Krupniak Helen Ginn wrote: > > Listers: > > Has anyone ever come across the given name Chiacinthus. > > I am reading a marriage document for Wychodow Nizankowice > dating to 1784 and I am not familiar with such a given name. > > Any comments out there? > > Helen Ginn > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message