San Jacinto is the Spanish form for Święty Jacek (Polish name) or Hyacinth (Latinized name), a man who lived in Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries. The Polish Dominican

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was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1594. He was one of several men to be called St. Hyacinth. San Jacinto may also refer to:

Military

Battle of San Jacinto The Battle of San Jacinto (), fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas, was the final and decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Samuel Houston, the Texan Army engaged and defeated General A ...

, an 18-minute battle between

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and revolutionary

Texians Texians were Anglo-American immigrants to Mexican Texas and, later, citizens of the Republic of Texas. Today, the term is used to identify early Anglo settlers of Texas, especially those who supported the Texas Revolution. Mexican settlers of tha ...

across from the mouth of the San Jacinto River of Texas in 1836 * Battle of San Jacinto (1856), between Nicaraguans under José Dolores Estrada and American filibusters * Battle of San Jacinto (1899), between the United States and Philippine insurgents * San Jacinto Ordnance Depot, a US Army ammunition depot * SS ''San Jacinto'' (1903), a commercial passenger-cargo ship under United States Army charter during World War I * USS ''San Jacinto'' (1850), an early screw frigate of the U.S. Navy * USS ''San Jacinto'' (CVL-30), a light aircraft carrier that saw action in the latter half of World War II * USS ''San Jacinto'' (CG-56), a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1988 * San Jacinto Monument, Built in honor of the

, The final battle of the

Texas Revolution The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the Centralist Republic of Mexico, centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of ...

Places

United States

* San Jacinto, California * San Jacinto Canyon, former name of

Railroad Canyon Railroad Canyon, originally named San Jacinto Canyon, also known as Cottonwood Canyon, and Annie Orton Canyon, is a valley located in Riverside County, California. It encloses the lower course of the San Jacinto River at the point where the river ...

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San Jacinto Mountains The San Jacinto Mountains ()Munro, P., et al. ''A Mojave Dictionary''. Los Angeles: UCLA. 1992. are a mountain range in Riverside County, California, Riverside County, located east of Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles in southern California i ...

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San Jacinto Peak San Jacinto Peak ( ; often designated Mount San Jacinto) is a peak in the San Jacinto Mountains, in Riverside County, California. Lying within Mount San Jacinto State Park it is the highest both in the range and the county, and serves as the s ...

, California * San Jacinto River (California) * San Jacinto Fault Zone, a Southern Californian fault zone * San Jacinto Valley, California * San Jacinto, Indiana * San Jacinto, Nevada * San Jacinto Monument, Texas * San Jacinto Plaza, El Paso, Texas * San Jacinto College, Texas * San Jacinto County, Texas *

San Jacinto River (Texas) The San Jacinto River ( , ) flows through southeast Texas. It is named after Saint Hyacinth. In the past, it was home to the Karankawa and Akokisa tribes. The river begins with a west and east fork; the west fork begins in Walker County, ...

Other countries

San Jacinto, Bolívar San Jacinto is a town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular region ...

, Colombia * San Jacinto del Cauca, Bolívar, Colombia * San Jacinto, Chiquimula, Guatemala * San Jacinto, Comondú, Mexico * San Jacinto, Lerdo, Mexico * San Jacinto Amilpas, Oaxaca, Mexico * San Jacinto Tlacotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico * San Jacinto, Ancash, Peru *

San Jacinto, Masbate San Jacinto, officially the Municipality of San Jacinto, is a municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,686 people. San Jacinto is the commercial capital of Ticao Island. It is ...

, Philippines * San Jacinto, Pangasinan, Philippines * San Jacinto, Uruguay * San Jacinto, Goa

Religion

* Jacinto Casteñeda of the Vietnamese Martyrs

Other uses

* " San Jacinto", a 1982 song by Peter Gabriel from ''

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San Jacinto Day San Jacinto Day is the celebration of the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. It was the final battle of the Texas Revolution where Texas won its independence from Mexico. It is an official "partial staffing holiday" in the State of Texas ( ...