Saints Cosmas and Damian
Martyrs ( ✝️ c 303 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 26 September
Saints Who Were Champions of the Poor
Veneration of the brother saints Cosmas and Damian is ancient. They are mentioned in the canon of the Mass (Eucharistic Prayer I), and in the East, they are the most famous of the saints characterized as anargyroi, "moneyless ones" or "unmercenaries." Said to have come originally from Arabia, they trained in Syria and settled in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) to practice medicine 👨⚕️ ⚕️. They took no payment for their services and they openly shared the truth of the Gospel. In due course, they were arrested ⛓️ and suffered torture and beheading 🗡️ .
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A church ⛪ in honor of Cosmas and Damian was erected in the town of their burial 🪦 , Cyrrhus. In the 5th century, Bishop Theodoret of Cyrrhus ♗hailed them as "illustrious athletes and generous martyrs." Their church at Constantinople was built around this time; it became known for the practice of "incubation," in which sick persons 🤒 stayed the entire night within the church praying for a cure. According to a contemporaneous account, at the Church of Cosmas and Damian, "the whole crowd of the sick are healed: the richness, then, of these saints is inexhaustible."
In the Middle Ages, Cosmas and Damian were greatly revered in Europe. Among their many depictions in art is the San Marco altarpiece by Fra Angelico.
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🙏 Loving Father, through the intercession of Saints Cosmas and Damian, heal my soul, which is sick with sin. 🛐
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