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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Kosmas and Damianos, brothers, physician martyrs of Syria

Saint ID

S00385

Number in BH

BHG 372-372e, 376-377, 378-379

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints, Physicians
Related Evidence Records
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E00081The Syriac Chronicle of Edessa records that in 457 Nonnos became bishop of Edessa (northern Mesopotamia), and built there a church dedicated to *John the Baptist (S00020) and another to *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). Written in Edessa, in second half of 6th c.
E00115The Georgian Martyrdom of Queen Shushanik, by the priest Jacob, presents an eyewitness account of the martyrdom of Queen *Shushanik (queen and martyr of Georgia and Armenia, S00075) by her own husband, Varsken, the Vitax of Gogarene. Written in the second half of the 5th c.
E00164Greek Calendar of Church Services to be performed at different churches in Oxyrhynchus (Middle Egypt) from the end of October to the end of March of the years 535–536, providing information on the names of many churches, and on the saints’ days celebrated in the city.
E00367Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Martyrs (Liber in Gloria Martyrum), in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. Overview entry.
E00554Greek epigram, probably from an inscription in the church, commemorating the dedication of the church of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in the quarter of Basiliskos in Constantinople, by the empress Sophia in 565/576, and her prayers for the victory and health of her husband, the emperor Justin II. Recorded in the 10th c. Greek Anthology.
E00590Mosaic in the Rotunda of Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece), of the 5th/6th c., depicting *Kosmas/Cosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), with an inscription describing Damianos as a physician, and indicating September as the month of his festival.
E00650Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (97), tells of *Cosmas/Kosmas and Damianus (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), great healers in life and after death; they appear in visions to the sick and many are cured by them. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594.
E00796Fragmentary Greek monumental building inscription of a monastery (?) of holy physicians (probably *Kosmas and Damianos, brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) founded by the patrikios Solomon and Epiphanis. Found near Adramytteion (western Asia Minor), possibly 541/542.
E01083Greek inscription recording a vow made to *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). Now in the Museum of Adana (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor), provenance unknown. Probably 6th c.
E01271The church of Panagia Drosiani on the island of Naxos (Aegean Islands) houses labelled pre-iconoclastic paintings of saints, datable to the 7th/8th c.: *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033); possibly *Solomon (Old Testament king of Israel, S00270); *John the Baptist (S00020); just possibly *Catherine (martyr of Alexandria, S00765); possibly *George (soldier and martyr, S00259); and *Ioulianos/Julianus (possibly the martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt, S00305).
E01350The second edition of the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome between the 530s and 546, in its account of *Symmachus (bishop and confessor of Rome, ob. 514, S00793), lists his building works at, and donations to, the churches of various saints in Rome and its region during his episcopate (498-514).
E01361The second edition of the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome between the 530s and 546, in its account of *Felix IV (bishop of Rome, ob. 530, S00809), tells of his construction of the basilica of *Cosmas and Damianus (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in the Forum of Rome; of his rebuilding of the basilica of *Saturninus (martyr of Rome, S00422), on the via Salaria outside the city; and of Felix' burial at the basilica of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), on 12 October [AD 530].
E01829Inscribed marble reliquaries from the 'Atrium church' in Apamea on the Orontes (central Syria), containing relics of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), of *Theodore (probably the soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), and of other 'various saints'. Probably 6th c.
E01896Fragmentary Greek inscription possibly referring to a saint *Kosmas. Found at Deir Nawa, to the east of Apamea on the Orontes and Ḥamāh/Amathe (central Syria). Probably 5th-7th c.
E01926Greek inscription from a boundary stone marking the asylum of a church, or churches, dedicated to *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). Found at Ḥamāh/Amathe (central Syria). Probably 6th c.
E01966Greek building inscription just possibly for a church dedicated to a saint *Kosmas. Found at Umm Hartaine to the east of Apamea on the Orontes and Ḥamāh/Amathe (central Syria). Probably 5th-7th c.
E01967Greek building inscription just possibly for a church dedicated to a saint *Kosmas. Found at eṭ-Ṭayyibe to the east of Apamea on the Orontes and Ḥamāh/Amathe (central Syria). Probably 5th-7th c.
E02165Greek record of payments for building materials, such as sand and marble, from the region of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning among public baths and a fountain, an institution dedicated to *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physicians martyrs of Syria, S00385); datable to the 6th/ 7th century.
E02311Greek order to a wine-merchant, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), to deliver wine to the 'widows of *Kosmas and Damianos' (brothers, physicians martyrs of Syria, S00385); datable to the 6th century.
E02367The so-called 'complex of *John the Baptist (S00020)' in Gerasa/Jerash (Roman province of Arabia) comprises three churches (two oratories/eukteria and one naos), dedicated respectively to John the Baptist, *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), and *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physicians martyrs of Syria, S00385). Floor-mosaic inscriptions with dedicatory poems date the completion and paving of the church of George to 529/530, of John to 531, and of Kosmas and Damianos to 533. Two reliquaries were found in the church of George.
E02376Painted inscription (dipinto) in Greek from the church of *John the Baptist (S00020) in the 'complex of John the Baptist' in Gerasa/Jerash (Roman province of Arabia), mentioning the saints venerated there: John, *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), and *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physicians martyrs of Syria, S00385). After 531.
E02377Greek painted inscriptions (dipinti) from the north-east chamber of the church of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physicians martyrs of Syria, S00385) of the 'complex of *John the Baptist' in Gerasa/Jerash (Roman province of Arabia), invoking the help of *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), probably of Kosmas and Damianos, and an unspecified *Zechariah (probably the father of John the Baptist, S00597, or the Old Testament prophet, S00283). After 533.
E02378The Syriac Life of *Rabbula (bishop of Edessa, ob. 435/6, S01211) recounts the life and virtues of the bishop, with reference to such miraculous events as healings and exorcisms. Written in Edessa in the 5th c.
E02397Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.1), quotes in full the instructions of Pope Gregory the Great in 590 to the people of Rome, then suffering the plague, for a sevenfold litany (septiformis letania), with seven supplicatory processions through the city to the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) [Santa Maria Maggiore], departing from different churches: of *Cosmas/Kosmas and Damianus (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385); *Gervasius and Protasius (brothers and martyrs of Milan, S00313); *Marcellinus and Petrus (priest and exorcist, martyrs of Rome, S00577); *Iohannes and Paulus (brothers and eunuchs, martyrs of Rome, S00384); *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030); *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017); *Clemens/Clement, (bishop of Rome, martyr of the Crimea, S00111). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594.
E02419Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), recounts how he, the nineteenth bishop of Tours, sought relics of the *Theban Legion (soldiers and martyrs of Agaunum, S00339), which he had been told were in Tours; found the reliquary with their relics and the relics of other (unnamed) martyrs and confessors in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); kept vigils and masses to honour the saints; placed some of these relics in the cathedral of Tours; placed relics of *Cosmas/Kosmas and Damianus (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in Martin’s cell adjoining the cathedral; decorated the walls of Martin’s church; built the new baptistery there and placed in it relics of *John the Baptist (S00020) and *Sergius (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023); placed relics of *Benignus (martyr of Dijon, S00320) in the old baptistery at Martin's church; and wrote seven books of Miracles and The Life of the Fathers; all in 573-594. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594.
E02691Floor mosaics with Greek inscriptions invoking *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). Found in a monastic (?) church at Khirbat Dariya near Samad, close to Irbid, Pella and Gerasa/Jerash (Roman province of Arabia or Palaestina II). Dated 624.
E02788Fragmentary Greek inscription possibly mentioning a church of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). Found at Jerusalem on the Via Dolorosa (Roman province of Palaestina I). Probably 6th-7th c.
E03043The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 3 March *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385).
E03401The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 17 October *Kosmas and Damianos (brother, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385).
E03560Coptic fragments of the Martyrdom of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physicians martyrs of Syria, S00385), and of their brothers *Anthimos, Leontios and Euprepios (S01544), with their mother *Theodote (S01544) in Antioch, relating numerous miracles which occur during their trial and martyrdom; written presumably in the 5.
E03600Marcellinus Comes, in his Chronicle, reports that Laurentius, bishop of Lychnidus, was miraculously healed in the church of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) at Constantinople, in 516/518. Written in Latin in Constantinople, 518/534.
E03668The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 4 March *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), *Euboulos from Batanaea (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00166) and *Hesychios (martyr of Antioch, S01034).
E03787The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 1 July *Habakkuk (the Old Testament prophet, S01268), *Ioubenalios (bishop of Jerusalem, ob. 458, S01570) and *Anastasios (bishop of Jerusalem, ob. 478, S01571) and *Kosmas and Damianos (brother, physician martyrs in Syria, S00385).
E03805The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 19 July *Dios (possibly the monastic founder in Constantinople, ob. late 4th c., S01675), *Makrina the Younger (ascetic of Pontus, ob. 379, S00899), and *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), and *Athanasios (governor of Egypt and martyr of Klysma, S01216)
E03850Wall painting of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physicians martyrs of Syria, S00385) from a site 2 km north of Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt), depicting also their three brothers, and fellow martyrs, *Anthimos, Leontios and Euprepios (S01544) on a smaller scale. This group of saints is accompanied by a representation of the Three Children in the Furnace, and a Coptic inscription mentioning the *Sixty Martyrs of Samalut (Middle Egypt) (S01515); datable to the 6th/7th century.
E03898The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 17 October *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), *Shushanik (queen and martyr of Georgia and Armenia, 5th c., S00075), and *Luke (Apostle and Evangelist, S00442).
E03906The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 25 October *Demetrios (martyr of Thessalonike, S00761), *Babylas (bishop and martyr of Antioch, and companions S00061), *Phokas (probably the martyr of Antioch, S00413), *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), *Varos (soldier and martyr in Egypt under Galerius, S01212), *John the Baptist (S00020), and *Sophia and her daughters (martyrs of Rome, S00554).
E03913The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 1 November *Thomas (the Apostle, S00199), *Konōn (gardener and martyr of Magydos of Pamphylia, S00177), *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), and Zosimos, an unidentified figure.
E03941The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 29 November the *Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (brothers who fell asleep during the persecution of Decius, S00287), *Irenarchos (probably martyr of Sebasteia, S00623), *Elianos (martyr of Amman, S00889), *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), and the *Archangels (S00191), and *Theodoros (possibly the Chalcedonian Armenian bishop of Theodosiopolis, early 7th c., S01838).
E04010Floor-mosaic with a Greek inscription commemorating an offering, probably of the mosaics themselves, to *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). Found in the baptistery of the cathedral church of Hippos/Sussita (Roman province of Palaestina II). Probably c. 591.
E04363Coptic document from Jeme (Upper Egypt) concerning the release from a debt which is turned into a donation, mentioning the monastery of Apa *Paulos, the anchorite, as well as institutions dedicated to *Kyrikos (child martyr of Tarsus, S00007), *Kosmas (probably the physician and martyr of Mesopotamia, S00385), and *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480); dated 13 September 698.
E04389Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565), when seriously ill, was visited in a vision and miraculously healed by *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). In gratitude, the emperor embellished and enlarged the saints' church at the head of Constantinople's Golden Horn. Procopius also records that the shrine was visited by many seeking healing. Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s.
E04394Syriac inscription on a lintel, praising the 'God who raised from the the dead mār Damianos and mār Kosmas', perhaps *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physicians and martyrs of Syria, S00385). Found at Kefr Antīn in north Syria, near Qalat Semaan, to the northwest of Beroia/Aleppo. Probably late antique.
E04400Greek inscription on a lintel, asking *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) to heal an unnamed supplicant, and mentioning the intercessory role of saints in bringing God's grace. Found in the 'Town Church' at Pharan/Tell Pheiran in the Sinai desert (Roman province of Palaestina III). Probably second half of the 6th c.
E04545Greek text inscribed on a window transom, asking God to remember *Kosmas and Damianos (physicians and martyrs of Syria, S00385), supplicants visiting their shrine (ktisis), and the artisans who built it. Found at Vaphes Apokoronou near ancient Kydonia (Crete). Probably 6th-7th c.
E04563Stone capital with an image of a saint *Damianos (probably the physician and martyr of Syria, companion of *Kosmas, 00385), labelled in Greek. Found at Madba'a near Epiphaneia/Ḥamāh (central Syria). Probably 6th c.
E04937Hymn in honour of *Cosmas and Damianus (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) composed in Latin in Spain, possibly in the 7th c.
E04969The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 27 September.
E05099Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) renovated a great number of monasteries in the region of Jerusalem (and elsewhere in the East), many of them dedicated to saints. Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s.
E05169The Latin Calendar of Sinai records the feasts of saints through the year, followed by a list of the apostles to various regions of Christianity. Written possibly in North Africa, possibly in the 7th/8th c.; preserved in a manuscript, probably of the 9th c., in St Catherine's monastery, Sinai. Basic Entry.
E05291The Greek Life of *Theodoros (ascetic and abbot of Sykeon, ob. 613, S01619) is written by Eleusios-Georgios of Sykeon, recounting the life, ascetic feats, and miracles of its hero, and the foundation of the monastic centre of Sykeon in Galatia (central Asia Minor). The text mentions several shrines and festivals of saints in cities and villages of Asia Minor, and also in Constantinople and the Holy Land. Written in Greek at Sykeon, in the 640s. Overview entry
E05307John Moschus, in his Spiritual Meadow (127), mentions the church in Jerusalem of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). Written in Greek, probably in Rome, in the 620s or 630s.
E05350The Greek Life of *Theodoros (ascetic and abbot of Sykeon, ob. 613, S01619), by Eleusios-Georgios of Sykeon, recounts that, while its hero was gravely ill, he lay underneath an icon of *Kosmas and Damianos (physician martyrs, S00385) at the monastery of Sykeon. The saints appeared in the likeness of the image and cured him. Written at Sykeon (central Asia Minor), in the 640s.
E05555Venantius Fortunatus writes eleven books of Poems in Latin, mainly in western and north-western Gaul, 565/600; many of them with reference to saints. Overview entry.
E05629Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 27 September in Aegeae (northern Syria) of *Cosmas and Damianus (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E05671John Malalas, in his Chronographia (12.36), mentions the martyrdom of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers and physician martyrs, S00385) under Carinus (r. 283-285). Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c.
E05735John Malalas in his Chronographia (Book 17), in an account of events in Antioch (Syria) in the early 6th century, mentions the local shrines of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), unnamed *Prophets (S00139), *Zachariah (probably the father of John the Baptist, S00597, or the Old Testament Prophet, S00283), and *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers and physician martyrs, S00385), as well as a Gate of *Ioulianos (martyr of Cilicia buried at Antioch, S00305). Written in Greek at Antioch or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c.
E05759Venantius Fortunatus writes a poem (10.10) on the oratory dedicated to *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), built by Gregory (bishop of Tours, 573-594) in Artannes (north-west Gaul), and lists the relics housed there. Written in Latin in Gaul, 576/594.
E05859The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in September. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710.
E05950Mosaic roundels on the barrel vaults of the Cappella Arcivescovile of Ravenna (northern Italy), with portrait busts of twelve apostles and twelve martyrs (six female, six male); created 494/520.
E06049A reconstruction of a 6th c. mosaic depicting *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192) and shadows which provide spaces for *Cosmas and Damian (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). The original was in San Michele in Africisco in Ravenna (northern Italy) and was created c. 545/547.
E06150Greek oracle question from unknown Egyptian provenance addressing *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physicians and martyrs of Syria, S00385) inquiring with respect to the benefits of a healing bath; datable to the 6th/7th century.
E06449Gregory the Great in a document of 603 (Register, Appendix 9) issues instructions for a sevenfold litany (septiformis letania), with seven supplicatory processions through Rome to the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) [Santa Maria Maggiore], seeking the end of an unspecified scourge from God; the processions are to leave from the following churches: of *John (the Baptist, S00020); *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529); *Iohannes and Paulus (brothers and eunuchs, martyrs of Rome, S00384); *Cosmas/Kosmas and Damianus (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385); *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030); *Vitalis (martyr of Ravenna, S02826); *Caecilia (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00146). Written in Latin in Rome.
E06452Greek tax receipt from the Arsinoites (Fayum), mentioning a baker of an institution dedicated to *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385); datable to the 8th century.
E06567Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Cosmas/Kosmas and Damianos (physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), as exemplary virgins. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686.
E06589The Latin Gelasian Sacramentary (or Liber Sacramentorum Romanae Ecclesiae), probably compiled around 750 near Paris using earlier material from Rome, records prayers to saints on their feast days in September.
E06659Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry
E06677Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Sabas (‘the Sanctified’, monastic founder in Palestine, ob. 532, S00910), recounting his life as a miracle working ascetic and founder of numerous monasteries, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to cults of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, 555/557. Overview entry
E06712The so-called 'Asian' Life of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) is written in Greek, perhaps in Constantinople or elsewhere in the East, possibly in the 4th c. or later.
E07001The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the martyrs' burials around Rome, is followed by an Appendix listing 21 churches dedicated to saints within the Aurelianic walls of Rome. Written in Latin in Rome, certainly after 625 and before 790, possibly in 642/683.
E07076The Greek so-called 'Roman' Martyrdom of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) is written, probably around the 5th or early 6th century somewhere in the East.
E07077The so-called 'Arabian' Martyrdom of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), and their brothers and companion martyrs *Anthimos, Leontios and Euprepios (S01544), survives in two Greek recensions, the common original of which was probably composed in the 5th-6th century, perhaps in Rome, or in Cilician Aigai, or elsewhere in the East.
E07544The Greek Life and Martyrdom of *Dometios (monk of Syria, later 4th c., S00414) recounts the ascetic career and miracles of a Persian convert who was stoned to death, together with his two boy disciples, in his hermitage near Cyrrhus (Syria) under Julian the Apostate. It describes the miraculous rediscovery of the relics, and their deposition at the church of Parthen, a village near the shrine of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). Written presumably in Cyrrhus, in the late 5th or the 6th c..
E07937Theodosius, in his On the Topography of the Holy Land, writes of the city of Cyrrhus/Kyrros (northern Syria), where *Cosmas/Kosmas and Damianus (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) were martyred and buried, and of the fort of Barbalissos (eastern Syria), where *Sergius and *Bacchus (soldiers, and martyrs of Rusafa and Barbalissus, S00023 and S00079) were martyred. Written in Latin, perhaps in Africa, 518/540.
E07971The Paschal Chronicle records that in 623 churches of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) and of *Michael (the Archangel, S00181) in the suburbs of Constantinople were plundered by the Avars. Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.
E07978The Paschal Chronicle records that during the siege of Constantinople in 626 the Avars burnt down the churches of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) and *Nicholas (bishop of Myra, S00520) in the suburb of Blachernae, but were miraculously prevented from burning the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033). Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.
E08011Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) fortified the city of Kyrrhos/Cyrrhus (northern Syria), partly out of respect for the nearby burial shrine of *Kosmas/Cosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s.
E08032The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 6062) states that the emperor Justin II built a church to *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in the Dareios district of Constantinople in 569/570. Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts.
E0831535 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission.
E08361Fourteen relic labels discovered within the Sancta Sanctorum of the Lateran church of San Lorenzo in Palatio (Rome), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of various saints. One label claims that its relics have come from the monastery of Lérins (southern Gaul). Written in Latin, perhaps at Rome, or at an earlier stage in their transmission.
E08398The will of Lando, bishop of Reims (mid-7th c.), leaves property to many churches of Reims. Will of mid-7th c.; summary, written in Latin in the 940s by Flodoard, in his History of the Church of Reims (2.6).
E08429The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (1) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a man from dropsy, who had despaired of being cured at their shrine and had spoken ill of them. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08430The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (2) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople converted and healed a Jewish woman from breast cancer, by appearing to her in a dream and commanding her to eat pork. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08431The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (3) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a palace official of urinary retention by ordering him to drink a decoction made of hair from the genitals of Kosmas who turned out to be a lamb named Kosmas after the saint. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08432The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (4) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a young man from paralysis inflicted upon him by the devil, by placing their hands on his head in an invisible epiphany. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08433The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (5) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople, healed a man from an abscess, after human surgery had made his condition worse. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08434The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (6) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a man suffering from a lung disease by commanding him to stop uttering blasphemies and stop eating chicken during Lent. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08435The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (7) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) healed a woman who was both deaf and dumb through the singing of the Trisagion hymn in their church in Constantinople. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08436The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (8) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) healed a woman of a disease of the womb, in their church in Constantinople. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08437The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (9) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed and converted a pagan man by placing their hands on his head and making him renounce his beliefs in Castor and Pollux (with whom the pagans confused the two saints). Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08438The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (10) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople converted a pagan man by sending him a vision which symbolised the eucharist. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08439The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (11) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) healed a man of an abscess in his chest and freed him from his penchant for spectacles at the hippodrome; in the story he is accused of magical acts at the hippodrome. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08440The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (12) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a woman named Martha from a cranial disease and protected her from demonic possession. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08441The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (13) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), healed a woman (the wife of soldier named Konstantinos) in Phrygian Laodicea from a jaw disease; they appeared to her in the form in which they were represented on an icon carried by her husband; later the woman visited their church in Constantinople. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08442The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (14) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), healed a presbyter from paralysis in a bathhouse, one of them appearing to him in the guise of a bathhouse attendant. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08443The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (15) recount how a certain woman was healed from pains by *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) by drinking water mixed with some plaster from a wall where their image was painted, and how afterwards she visited their church in Constantinople. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08444The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (16) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), healed three people of the same family by getting them to ingest kerote, or, in one case, to swallow in a vision the wick from a lamp in their church in Constantinople. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08445The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (17) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed an Arian from paralysis in his legs by performing invisible surgery. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08446The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (18) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) found a job for a teacher who wished to settle in Constantinople, appearing to him in the guise of two clerics. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08447The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (19) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a woman from dropsy through a pilgrim performing surgery to her belly. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08448The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (20) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a young man from haemorrhages by putting a hand into his mouth. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08449The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (21) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a man from pains in his stomach and heart by giving him a grain of muscat as an ointment; they also partially healed his jaw by instructing him to cauterise it. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08450The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (22) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) healed a man in their church in Constantinople from both a genital and an eye disease by performing surgery on his body and by the application of their salve, at their cult site . Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08451The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (23) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a deacon of Saint Sophia from inflamed genitals and intestinal obstruction during dream visions. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08452The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (24) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church of Kosmas and Damianos in Constantinople concurrently healed both a mute woman and a paralytic man by instructing the latter to sleep with the former. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08453The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (25) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a man from an eye disease by making him apply the milk of a chaste woman to his eyes; this miracle convinced the woman's husband of her fidelity, that he had doubted. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.
E08455The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (27) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) healed the broken leg of a man by appearing to him in a dream vision at his home and making the sign of the cross over his leg; after taking a bath he was completely healed. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection between the 6th and 10th centuries.
E08456The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (28) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a woman from a breast tumour by performing surgery on it; her doctors had mocked her for seeking the saints' aid. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection between the 6th and 10th centuries.
E08457The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (29) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a woman with swollen breasts by instructing her to apply heated millet to them. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection between the 6th and 10th centuries.
E08458The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (30) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a man from an abscess in his hips by conducting surgery on his wound, after the man had prayed before an image at the entrance to the shrine, representing Christ, *Mary (Mother of Christ, 00033) and Kosmas and Damianos. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection between the 6th and 10th centuries.
E08459The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (31) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople partially healed a paralysed man through the intercession of another pious man. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection between the 6th and 10th centuries.
E08460The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (32) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople healed a man from an abscess by instructing his physician how to treat the patient; they also instruct the man to break off his unlawful relationship with a woman. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection between the 6th and 10th centuries.
E08461The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (33) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) healed an official by appearing to him in full reality and performing surgery on his navel, all in their church in Constantinople. Written in Greek in Constantinople; assembled as a collection by the end of the 6th century.