Saints Cosmas and Damian

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Saints Cosmas and Damian are twin Christian martyrs venerated as patron saints of physicians and surgeons, renowned for their legendary practice of medicine without accepting payment.

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Cosmas and Damian 1
Santi Cosma e Damiano 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyrs
Christian saints
patron saints
physician saints
twin saints
associatedWith Cilicia NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
centuryOfMartyrdom 3rd century
commemoratedIn Byzantine liturgical calendar
Roman Martyrology NERFINISHED
diedIn Cilicia NERFINISHED
feastDay 26 September (Byzantine Rite)
26 September (Roman Catholic current calendar)
27 September (some Eastern traditions)
27 September (traditional Roman calendar, local variations)
givenName Cosmas NERFINISHED
Damian NERFINISHED
hasAttribute containers of ointment
medical instruments
palm of martyrdom
hasChurchDedicatedTo Santi Cosma e Damiano, Rome NERFINISHED
various churches in Italy
various churches in the Middle East
hasLegend miraculous leg transplant
hasShrine Basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano, Rome NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Saint
iconography depicted as twin physicians
depicted wearing medical or scholarly robes
influenced Christian medical ethics
tradition of charitable medical care
knownFor charity
miraculous healings
practicing medicine without accepting payment
languageOfName Greek
martyrdomType beheading
patronage barbers
dentists
medical workers
pharmacists
physicians
surgeons
the sick
religion Christianity
seeAlso Unmercenary Saints NERFINISHED
title Unmercenary Physicians NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheran Churches NERFINISHED
Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Damian associatedWith Saints Cosmas and Damian
Gulf of Gaeta region contains Saints Cosmas and Damian
this entity surface form: Santi Cosma e Damiano
Communicantes mentions Saints Cosmas and Damian
this entity surface form: Cosmas and Damian