Saint Cosmas

Memorial: 26 September (Roman)
1 July, 17 October, 1 November (Greek)
Profile: Twin brother of Saint Damian. Physician, trained in Syria, who accepted no payment, charity which 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. The two suffered no injury during tortures. Many fables grew up about the brothers, connected in part with their relics and their ability to heal.
Born: 3rd century, of Arabic descent
Died: tortured and beheaded c.303
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Patronage: Alberobello, Italy
apothecaries
barbers
blind people
chemical industry
chemical manufacturers
doctors
druggists
hairdressers
hernias
midwives
physicians
pharmacists
relief from pestilence
surgeons
Representation: box of ointment
phial
medical emblems
Images: Gallery of images of Saint Cosmas
Storefront: Commercial Links related to Saint Cosmas
Additional Information: Google Directory
In God's Garden, by Amy Steedman
New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
Translate: español | français | deutsch | italiano | português