The fourth 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)
Deaths[]
- 2003. Death of Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh, Russian Orthodox bishop of the diocese of Sourozh
Feast Days[]
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]