Cosmas
A form of Kosmas
Kosmas, in English
the Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian — kept on 1 November.
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Origin
The story of Kosmas
Kosmas keeps 1 November — the Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian.
Cosmas is kept with Damian as one of the “Unmercenaries” — physicians who healed without payment.
Κοσμᾶς comes from κόσμος — “order, world, universe,” the same root as “cosmos.”
“Order, world.”
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Variations
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