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August 23

Apollinaris Sidonius, bishop (of Clermont) [BLS; GTZ: Clermont]
Archelaus, martyr [GTZ: Augsburg]
Bartholomew (Vigil) [HCC]
Claudius, Asterius, Neon, Domnina, and Theonilla, martyrs [BLS]
Ebba, virgin [GTZ: Scotland]
Eugenius, bishop (of Derry) [BLS]
Flavian, bishop (of Autun) [GTZ: Autun]
Hermogenes and Fortunatus, martyrs [GTZ: Aquileia]
Justinian, hermit, martyr [BLS]
Longinus, martyr [GTZ: Sens]
Minervus and Eleazarus, with their eight children, martyrs [GTZ: Lyon]
Philip Beniti [BLS]
Rose (of Lima), virgin [MR]
Theonas, bishop (of Alexandria) [BLS]
Timothy and Apollinaris, martyrs [GTZ: in Germany, only remarkable for Magdeburg; PCP (Paris); WTS (Bruges), without Apollinaris]
Zaccheus, bishop (of Jerusalem), confessor [GTZ: Teutonic Knights]

Feast Day:

Saints Claudius, Asterius, Neon, Domnina, and Theonilla, martyrs, 285.
St. Theonas, archbishop of Alexandria, 300.
St. Justinian, hermit and martyr, about 529.
St. Apollinaris Sidonius, confessor, bishop of Clermont, 482.
St. Eugenius, bishop in Ireland, 618.
St. Philip Beniti, confessor, 1285.

August 23

On this day in 1948, The World Council of Churches was formally constituted in Amsterdam.

Religious Observances

RC : Commemoration of St Philip Benizi, confessor
RC : Mem of St Rose of Lima, patron of Latin America (opt)

Religious History

1572 In France, late this night, Catholic conspirators began massacring thousands of Huguenots (French Protestants), under orders of Catherine de Medici, advisor to her son, Charles IX, King of France.
1823 Karl F. A. GÀGÀtzlaff, 20, first arrived in Bangkok the first missionary ever to reach Thailand. Representing the Netherlands Missionary Society, GÀGÀtzlaff and his wife later translated the complete Bible into Siamese, and portions of it into the Lao and Cambodian languages.
1833 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed
1838 Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class
1882 Death of Charles W. Fry, 45, English Salvation Army worker. It was Fry who penned the words to the lyric hymn, “I Have Found a Friend in Jesus” (a.k.a. “Lily of the Valley”).
1948 During its Amsterdam Assembly (Aug 22 Sept 4), the newly-formed World Council of Churches officially ratified its Constitution.
1952 Death of Frederick George Kenyon, 89, British archaeologist and language scholar. Kenyon devoted his life to discovering biblical parallels in ancient Greek papyri, convincing critics that science does not disprove the Bible.