11 August / 9 October – Saint John Henry Newman John Newman by Sir John Everett Millais Great Catholics John Henry Newman: Convert, Saint…and Also Musician Newman’s way of the fathers Writings On Archive.org Newman Reader “The Dream of Gerontius” Art & Architecture National Portrait Gallery ArtUK Wikimedia Commons
11 August – Blessed Plectrude Köln, Sankt Maria im Kapitol. Romanische Grabplatte der Plectrudis (Detail) Bavaria Sancta, Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek — 2 Th L 65 Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Dictionary of Saintly Women Wikipedia Medieval Hagiography Acta Sanctorum Art & Architecture Portail Biblissima Wikimedia Commons Romanesque epitaph of Plektrudis (Cologne) & Gothic epitaph of Plektrudis (Cologne) Saints and their Attributes
10 August 1792 – Massacre of the Swiss Guard at the Tuileries La Journée du 10 août (1792) by Jacques Bertaux Löwendenkmal (Lucerne) Wikipedia Article on the Insurrection of 10 August 1792 The Lion of Lucerne: the controversial tourist attraction Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion) – a national-political monument with built-in controversy