Optional Memorial
Saints Cosmas and Damian
- Feast day
- September 26
- Patron of
- physicians and pharmacists
- Origin
- Arabian
Life
Cosmas and Damian were twin brothers and physicians who treated the sick without charge, earning the title 'holy unmercenaries.' They were martyred during the Diocletian persecution.
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