Martyr Olympios the Prefect (Olympius the Eparch), Byzantine noble martyred under the Persian King Chosroes II for confessing the Orthodox Faith (c. 610-641)[14]
Saint John of Patalaria Monastery, Confessor and Abbot (8th-9th centuries)[1][5][15]
Saint Trea, hermitess, converted to Orthodoxy by St Patrick, she spent the rest of her life as an anchoress in Ardtree, now in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (5th century)[20]
Saint Faustus, son of St Dalmatius of Pavia in Italy, lived the life of a holy monk (5th century)[20]
Saint Senach (Snach), a disciple of St Finian and his successor as Abbot of Clonard in Ireland (6th century)[20]
^The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar"). The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
^She was the mother of the Apostles James and John, the wife of Zebedee, and the daughter of Joseph the Betrothed, who was a widower when he became betrothed to the Mother of God. She was a disciple of the Lord and one of the Myrrh-bearing women who first brought tidings of the Resurrection to the world.[3]Name days celebrated today include:
Salome (Σαλώμη).
^He is commemorated in certain Synaxaria on September 7 as well.
^In Codex 73 of the Monastery of Our Lady of Halki, there is also a saint called Theokliti, whose memory is commemorated on August 21.
^Their memory is preserved in two codices, the Patmiako Codex 266, and the Parisian Codex 152. In the Parisian Codex they are also commemorated on August 4.
^Their memory was celebrated on August 29, but was moved to August 3, dueto the feast of the Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John.
^"At Naples, in Campania, St. Aspren, bishop, who was cured of a sickness by the apostle St. Peter, and after being baptized, was made bishop of that city."[21]
^Born in Swabia in Germany, he became a hermit on Mt Etzel in Switzerland, St Meinrad's former hermitage. He lived there with a few disciples, so founding the monastery of Einsiedeln. In 927 he became Bishop of Metz in France. Striving to overcome abuses, he was attacked and blinded by enemies of Christ. He resigned and returned to Einsiedeln.
^ abcdefgAugust 3. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
^ abThe Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 230-231.
The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 57.
August 3. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 230-231.
(in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 3 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
(in Russian)16 августа (3 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
