2006-10-23 08:45:40 · 3 answers · asked by blackbabie45 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Cosmas and Damian are regarded as the patrons of physicians and surgeons and are sometimes represented with medical emblems. Little is known of the non-Roman Kosmas and Damian except that they lived similar lives to those in Rome or Cilicia.
Saints Cosmas and Damian (died c. 303) were twins and early Christian martyrs, born in Cilicia, or in Arabia (CE), who practiced the art of healing in the seaport of Ægea (modern Ayash) in the Gulf of Iskanderun, then in the Roman province of Syria. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, they accepted no payment for their services, which led them to be nicknamed anargyroi or The Silverless
In Catholicism, St. Luke the Evangelist is patron saint of painters, physicians and healers
2006-10-23 10:55:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Luke the evangelist is traditionally believed to have been a physician, thus he is the patron saint of physicians (and this explains why "St. Luke's Hospital" is such a popular name.
2006-10-23 17:29:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
um... well, he's not really the patron saint, but...
Hermes.... the rod with the wings and the snake wrapped around it is the symbol for Hermes.
2006-10-23 16:10:16 · answer #3 · answered by Quibish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋