Martyrs Cosmas and Damian of Arabia

Also known as the Unmercenary physicians of Arabia · of Cilicia

Brother physicians of Arabia who healed both soul and body without payment and, confessing Christ, were tortured and beheaded with their companions at Aegae in Cilicia under Diocletian.

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Notes

The Arabian pair (martyrs). Distinct from Cosmas and Damian of Asia (OS-0036, Nov 1) and of Rome (Jul 1). Region of origin (Arabia) has no controlled term; mapped to Asia Minor, the place of their martyrdom.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints