Blessed Jacinto de los Angeles

Hyacinth of the Angels, born Jacinto de los Angeles (c. 1660 in San Francisco Cajonos, Mexico; died September 16, 1700, in Santo Domingo Xagacía), was an indigenous Christian martyr and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a Zapotec of tribal chief lineage. He was married to Petrona de los Angeles, with whom he had two sons, Juan and Nicolas. Together with John the Baptist, he assisted Dominican missionaries. Accused of practicing witchcraft and refusing to renounce their Christian faith, both men were murdered by their fellow tribesmen in 1700. They were beatified by Pope John Paul II on August 1, 2002.