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Cosmas and Damian, Sts (died c. 303)

Arabian brothers, patron saints of medicine. They were physicians at Aegea in Cilicia, where they suffered martyrdom under the Roman emperor Diocletian. Their relics were brought to Rome. Their feast day is 26 September.



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