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Cosmas and Damian

Cosmas and Damian miraculouslytransplant the black leg of the Ethiopian onto the white body of the patient.

Reliquary (1400/1420) in St.Michael\'s Church, Munich containing the alleged skulls ofCosmas and Damian. The convent of the Poor Clares in Madrid also has two skulls of SaintsCosmas and Damian.

Pope Felix IV presents Sts Cosmasand Damian with the basilica he rededicated to them.

As early as the 4th century,churches dedicated to the twin saints were established at Jerusalem, in Egypt and in Mesopotamia. Devotion to the two saints spreadrapidly in both East and West. Theodoret records the division of their reputedrelics. Their relics, deemed miraculous, were buried in the city of Cyrrus in Syria. Churches were built in their honorby Archbishop Proclus and by Emperor Justinian I (527–565), who sumptuouslyrestored the city of Cyrus and dedicated it to the twins, but brought theirpurported relics to Constantinople; there, following his cure, ascribed to theintercession of Cosmas and Damian, Justinian, in gratitude also built andadorned their church at Constantinople,[4] and it became a celebrated place ofpilgrimage. At Rome Pope Felix IV (526–530) rededicated the Library of Peace (BibliothecaPacis) as a basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano in the Forum of Vespasian intheir honour. The church is much rebuilt but still famed for its sixth-centurymosaics illustrating the saints.

What are said to be their skulls arevenerated in the convent of the Clares in Madrid, where they have been since 1581,the gift of Maria, daughter of Emperor Charles V. They had previously beenremoved from Rome to Bremen in the tenth century, and thence to Bamberg. Other skulls said to be theirswere discovered in 1334 by Burchard Grelle, Archbishop of Bremen. He\"personally \'miraculously\' retrieved the relics of the holy physiciansCosmas and Damian, which were allegedly immured and forgotten in the choir ofthe Bremen Cathedral.[7] In celebration of the retrieval Archbishop and Chapterarranged a feast at Pentecost 1335, when the relics were translated from thewall to a more dignified place.[8] Grelle claimed the relics were thoseArchbishop Adaldag brought from Rome in 965. The cathedral master-builderJohann Hemeling made a shrine for the relics, which was finished around 1420.The shrine,made from carved oak wood covered with gilt and rolled silver isconsidered an important mediaeval gold work.[9] In 1649 Bremen\'s Chapter,Lutheran by this time, sold the shrine without the heads to Maximilian I of Bavaria.The two heads remained in Bremen and came into the possession of thesmall Roman Catholic community. They were shown from 1934 to 1968 in the Church of St. Johann and in 1994 they were buried in thecrypt.[10] The shrine is now shown in the Jesuit church of St Michael in Munich. At least since 1413 anothersupposed pair of skulls of the saints has been stored in St Stephens\'sCathedral in Vienna. Other relics are claimed by the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.

The martyrdom of Saints Cosmas andDamian by Fra Angelico (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

The martyr twins are invoked in theCanon of the Mass[4] in the prayer known as the Communicantes (from the firstLatin word of the prayer): \"In communion with the whole Church, theyvenerate above all others the memory of the glorious ever-virgin Mary, Motherof our God and Lord, Jesus Christ, then of blessed Joseph, husband of theVirgin, your blessed Apostles and Martyrs, Peter and Paul, Andrew, James,...John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian and all your Saints: grant through theirmerits and prayers that in all things we may be defended by the help of yourprotection.\" They are also invoked in the Litany of the Saints, and in theolder form of the Roman rite, in the Collect for Thursday in the Third Week ofLent, as the station church for this day is Santi Cosma e Damiano.

Their feast day in the General RomanCalendar, which had been on September 27, was moved in 1969 to September 26,because September 27 is the dies natalis (\"day of birth\" into Heaven)of Saint Vincent de Paul, now more widely venerated in the Latin Church.[11]

Sts Cosmas and Damian are regardedas the patrons of physicians and surgeons and are sometimes represented withmedical emblems.

Cosmas and Damian are depicted assupporters of the arms of the guild of barber-surgeons carved into a capital,15th century, from the Carmes monastery in Trie-sur-Baïse in southwestern France. The inscription reads,\"Saints Cosmas and Damian pray for us\".

In Brazil, the twin saints areregarded as protectors of children, and September 27 is commemorated,especially in Rio de Janeiro, by giving children bags of candy with the saints\'effigy printed on them and throughout the entire state of Bahia where Catholicsand adepts of Candomblé religion offer typical food such as carurú. The ritualconsists of first offering the food to seven children that are no older thanseven years old and then having them feast while sitting on the floor andeating with their hands. Only after all children have finished can the guestsenjoy the food that is being offered. The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, in Igarassu, Pernambucois Brazil\'s oldest church, built in 1535.

In the UK St Damian is the dexter side supporterin the coat of arms of the British Dental Association.

Sts. Cosmas & Damian arevenerated every year in Utica, New York at St. Anthony\'s Parish during theannual pilgrimage which takes place on the last weekend of September (close tothe Sept. 27 feast day). There are thousands of pilgrims who come to honor thesaints. Over 80 busloads come from Canada and other destinations. The 2-dayfestival includes music (La Banda Rosa), much Italian food, masses andprocessions through the streets of East Utica. It is one of the largest festivals honoringsaints in the northeast USA.