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Medical Saints: Cosmas and Damian in a Postmodern World
Medical Saints Cosmas and Damian in a Postmodern World
Author: Jacalyn Duffin
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 Europe. They were popular in Byzantine and Orthodox traditions and their shrines are numerous in Eastern ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199743179
ISBN-10: 0199743177
Publication Date: 5/31/2013
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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