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)
- 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
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
- 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
- Saint Sigrada, widow (Soissons)
- Advent of Saint Walburga, virgin (Münster)
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