Unmercenary · 3rd century
Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Asia
Also known as the Anargyroi · Cosmas and Damian of Mesopotamia · sons of Theodota
Brother physicians of Asia Minor, sons of the pious Theodota, who healed both people and animals freely for the love of Christ, taking no payment, and reposed in peace; the chief of the Holy Unmercenaries.
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- St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea · Hierarch
- Martyrs Cosmas and Damian of Rome · Unmercenary
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Notes
'Anargyroi' = the silverless ones. There are three distinct pairs of Unmercenary physicians named Cosmas and Damian: of Asia (this row, Nov 1, reposed in peace), of Rome (Jul 1, martyred), and of Arabia (Oct 17, martyred).
Sources: Synaxarion