The sixth day of August.
Events[]
- 1978. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini is elected Pope Paul VI
Births[]
- 1504. Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1575)
- 1697. Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
- 1949. Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman (Pentacostalism, British Israelist)
- 1949. Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
Deaths[]
- 258. Saint Pope Sixtus II
- 523. Saint Pope Hormisdas
- 1458. Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
- 1695. François de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)
- 1881. James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
Feast Days[]
Roman Catholicism[]
- Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ
- Saint Agapitus (died 258)
- Saint Donatus, bishop of Arezzo, martyr [Paris]
- Saints Felissimus and Agapitus, martyrs [common]
- Joachim (father of Mary (mother of Jesus), according to Catholic tradition)
- Saints Justus and Pastor, martyrs in 304 at Complutum, France
- St. Xystus/Sixtus II, pope, martyr [common]
- Saint Walburga, virgin [Bruges]
Orthodox Christianity[]
- Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ