Medical Saints: Cosmas and Damian in a Postmodern World by Jacalyn Duffin

Medical Saints: Cosmas and Damian in a Postmodern World

Jacalyn Duffin

229 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative reflective medium-paced
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Cosmas and Damian were martyred around the year 300 A.D. in what is now Syria. Called the Anargyroi ("without silver") because they charged no fees, they became patrons of medicine, surgery, and pharmacy and the focus of cults ranging across Europ...

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