August 4

The fifth day of August.

Events

 * 70: The destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
 * 1903.Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto elected Pope Pius X

Births

 * 1521. Giovanni Battista Castagna, later Pope Urban VII (d. 1590)
 * 1821. James White, cofunder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1881)
 * 1899. - Ezra Taft Benson, 13th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (d. 1994)

Deaths

 * 2003. Death of Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh, Russian Orthodox bishop of the diocese of Sourozh

Roman Catholicism

 * Saint Sithney, patron saint of mad dogs
 * Saint Baumer, confessor [Tulle]
 * Saint Dominic, confessor
 * Saints Epiphanius and Isidore, martyrs [Besançon]
 * Saint Euphronius, bishop of Tours [Tours]
 * Saint Ionius [Paris]
 * Saint Irenaeus and companions, martyrs at Lyon [Langres]
 * Saint John Vianney=Jean-Marie Vianney, parish priest, patron saint of priests
 * Saint Justus, bishop of Lyon, confessor [Trier, Lyon]
 * Saint Justinus, priest, martyr (sometimes confessor)
 * Saint Luanus/Lugid, abbot [Quimper]
 * Translation of saint Martin [Paris]
 * Saint Nicomedes, bishop, martyr [Bruges]
 * Saint Peregrinus and companions, martyrs [LeMans]
 * Saint Tertullinus, priest, martyr [France]
 * Translation of Saint Valentine of Passau, bishop of Passau, confessor [Passau]
 * Saint Sigrada, widow [Soissons]
 * Advent of Saint Walburga, virgin [Münster]

Timeline
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