The fourth day of April.

EventsEdit

• 1523: Martin Luther arranges for Leonhard Koppe to help twelve nuns escape the Marien-thron Cistercian monastery.
• 2005: Former Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbechev proclaims that Pope John Paul II's "devotion to his followers is a remarkable example to all of us" in a CNN broadcast.

BirthsEdit

• 1492: Ambrosius Blarer, German religious reformer (died 1564)

DeathsEdit

• 397: Ambrose of Milan
• 1292: Pope Nicholas IV

Feast daysEdit

Roman CatholicismEdit

Eastern OrthodoxyEdit