Male name
When is Kosmas’ name day?
Κοσμάς · Kosmas
Main name day
Saints Cosmas and Damian of Rome
Saints Cosmas and Damian of Asia
The Greek name Κοσμάς (Kosmas) is celebrated on 1 July and on 1 November.
The saints behind the name day
- Saints Cosmas and Damian of Rome3rd centuryBrothers and physicians who healed without payment (“unmercenaries”).The brothers Cosmas and Damian were physicians in the time of the Roman emperor Carinus, and they treated all who came to them without accepting payment, asking only that people believe in Christ.Read more
- Saints Cosmas and Damian of AsiaBrothers and physicians from Asia Minor, sons of Saint Theodota, who healed without payment.Cosmas and Damian came from Asia Minor and were sons of Theodota, who, once widowed, raised them as Christians. The two brothers were well educated, especially in medicine, which they practiced as a form of service to others.Read more
Variants and other forms
- In Latin letters
- Kosmas, Cosmas
- English equivalents
- Cosmas
- In Greek
- Κοσμάς