Dec 252008
![[Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-cosmas-and-saint-damian/saint-cosmas-and-saint-damian-00.jpg "118kb jpg detail from the painting of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian transplanting a leg with the help of angels, Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany; photographed by Andreas Praefcke in 2006; swiped off the Wikipedia web site")
Also known as
- the Moneyless
- the Silverless
- 26 September (Roman)
- 1 July, 17 October, 1 November (Greek)
Profile
Twin brother of Saint Damian. Physician, trained in Syria; the bothers accepted no payment for their services, and their charity brought many to Christ. Reported to have miraculously replaced the ulcered leg of a man named Justinian with one from a recently deceased man. Arrested during the persecutions of Diocletian, he was tortured, but suffered no injury. Martyr. Many fables grew up about the brothers, connected in part with the ability of their relics to heal.
Born
- 3rd century, of Arabic descent
- against blindness
- against pestilence
- apothecaries
- barbers
- blind people
- chemical industry
- chemical manufacturers
- doctors
- druggists
- hairdressers
- hernias
- midwives
- physicians
- pharmacists
- relief from pestilence
- surgeons
- —
- Alberobello, Italy
- Ossimo, Italy
- box of ointment
- phial
- medical emblems
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Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- In God’s Garden, by Amy Steedman
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Pictorial Lives of the Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Cosmas“. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 April 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>
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