Christian feast day: Anthony Maria Zaccaria, priest (died 1539)

Anthony Maria Zaccaria, CRSP was an Italian Catholic priest and early leader of the Counter-Reformation. He was the founder of the Barnabites and a promoter of devotion to the Passion of Christ and the Eucharist and of renewal of the religious life among the laity. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, which celebrates his feast day on 5 July.

July 5 is the 186th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 179 days remain until the end of the year.