Sts. Cosmas & Damian Born: unknown Died: September 27, 287 Canonized: pre-Congregation Feast Day: September 27 Patron Saint of: barbers, druggists, pharmacists, physicians, surgeons Early Christian physicians and martyrs whose feast is celebrated on 27 September. They were twins, born in Arabia, and practised the art of healing in the seaport Ægea, now Ayash (Ajass), on the Gulf of Iskanderun in Cilicia, Asia Minor, and attained a great reputation. They accepted no pay for their services and were, therefore, called anargyroi, "the silverless". In this way they brought many to the Catholic Faith. When the Diocletian persecution began, the Prefect...