August 3

The third day of August.

Events

 * 435: Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, was exiled by Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
 * 1492: The Jews of Spain are expelled by the Catholic Monarchs, Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Meanwhile, Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.

Births

 * 1604: John Eliot, English missionary (d. 1690)
 * 1692: John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
 * 1901: Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński, Polish Catholic prelate (d. 1981)
 * 1905: Franz Cardinal König, Austrian Catholic archbishop (d. 2004)
 * 1922: Robert Sumner, American Baptist evangelist and author
 * 1923: Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Christianity

Deaths

 * 1527: Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal

Roman Catholicism

 * Saint Abidon
 * Saint Gamaliel
 * Saint Nicodemus
 * Translation of Saint Olaf of Norway, king, martyr [Norway]
 * Saint Walthen, abbot of Melrose
 * Invention of Saint Stephen [common; Paris, in green]

Timeline
August 2 | August 3 | August 4 [[Category:Dates]