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• August 2 - Majorian resigns as Western Roman Emperor; shortly afterwards Libius Severus is declared western Roman emperor by Ricimer
• November 19 - Hilarius succeeds Leo as Pope
• Saint Patrick returns to Ireland as a Christian missionary.

Births August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... Julius Valerius Majorianus (November 420 - 7 August 461), commonly known as Majorian, was Western Roman Emperor (457 - 461). ... Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Libius Severus was a Western Roman Emperor. ... Ricimer (c. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Hilarius (also Hilarus, Hilary) was Pope from 461 to February 28, 468). ... Pope Saint Leo I, or Leo the Great, a Roman aristocrat, was Pope from 440 to 461. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Catholic Church. ... Statue of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (died March 17?, 492 or 493), patron saint of Ireland, along with saint Brigit and saint Columba. ...

Deaths

• August 7 - Majorian, western Roman emperor
• November 10 - Pope Leo I
• Palladius - "first bishop to the Irish believing in Christ"