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August 11

Graeco-RomanChristian
YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance

The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on August 11 this year.

  • R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (the Netziv of Volozhin)d. 1893 CE

    Rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin Yeshiva; authored Haamek Davar

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  1. 117 CEGraeco-Roman

    Hadrian, the philhellene emperor who would rebuild the Pantheon and lavish new buildings and learning on Athens, was hailed as emperor in 117 CE.

  2. 1253 CEChristian · died

    Clare of Assisi, founder of the Order of Poor Ladies and author of its Rule, died at Assisi.

  3. 1890 CEChristian · died

    John Henry Newman, theologian and cardinal who moved from the Church of England to the Catholic Church, died of pneumonia at the Birmingham Oratory.

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