The fifth day of August.
Births[]
Deaths[]
- 1579: Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)
- 1633: George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1562)
Feast days[]
Roman Catholicism[]
Liturgical observances[]
- Abel of Reims (died 750)
- Addai
- Saint Afra, martyr (Augsburg (rare))
- Saint Afra and companions, virgins, martyrs (France)
- Saint Cassianus, bishop of Autun, confessor (France)
- Saint Dominic, confessor (medieval date, in Paris; nowadays August 4)
- Saint Emygdius, martyr, bishop of Ascoli Piceno
- Saint Fredulph, confessor (Saintes)
- Saint Jonius, priest, martyr (Paris)
- Feast of Mary "ad nives"; Dedication of Santa Maria Maggiore bin Rome (common)
- Saint Memmius, bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, confessor (Metz, France; Paris, as Menge)
- Saint Ormisdas, pope, confessor (Bamberg)
- Saint Oswald of Northumbria, king, martyr (common; England) (died 642)
- Saint Sixtus II, pope (Paris)
- Saint Venantius, bishop of Viviers
- Saint Nonna of Nianza
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