Saints of the Day Profile
September 26 Saints of the Day Profile Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian
Profile:
Twin brothers. Physicians, trained in Syria; the brothers accepted no
payment for their services, and their charity brought many to Christ.
Reported to have miraculously replaced the ulcer-ed leg of a man named
Justinian with one from a recently deceased man. Arrested during the
persecutions of Diocletian, they were tortured, but suffered no injury.
Martyrs. Many fables grew up about the brothers, connected in part with
the ability of their relics to heal.
Born
3rd century, of Arabic descent
Died
tortured and beheaded c.303 in Aegea, Cilicia (modern Ayas, Turkey)
Patronage
• blind people; against blindness• against or relief from pestilence
• apothecaries, druggists, pharmacists
• barbers, hairdressers
• doctors, physicians, surgeons
• chemical industry; chemical manufacturers
• against hernias
• midwives
• Alberobello, Italy
• Ossimo, Italy
Representation
• two doctors• box of ointment
• phial
• medical emblems
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