The sixth day of August.

EventsEdit

• 1978. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini is elected Pope Paul VI

BirthsEdit

• 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

DeathsEdit

• 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 DaysEdit

Roman CatholicismEdit

• 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 ChristianityEdit

• Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ