August 4

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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