Today, 6 August, is the feast of ...
* the Transfiguration - although celebrated liturgically in the East since
well before the year 1000, was not a universal feast in the West until
pope Callistus III required its observance following the victory over the
Turks in 1456
* Sixtus II, pope; with Felicissimus, Agapitus and other companions,
martyrs (258) - killed during Valerian persecution
* Justus and Pastor, martyrs (304) - patrons of Alcala' and Madrid, these
were schoolboys
* Hormisdas, pope (523) - dealt with the Acacian schism; his son, saint
Silverius, also became pope
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Carolyn Muessig
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