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Also known as

• the Moneyless
• the Silverless
• Damiano

Memorial

• 26 September (Roman)
• 1 July, 17 October, 1 November (Greek)

Profile

Twin brother of Saint Cosmas. Physician, trained in Syria; the brothers accepted no payment for their services, and their charity brought many to Christ. Reported to have miraculously replaced the ulcered leg of a man named Justinian with one from a recently deceased man. Arrested during the persecutions of Diocletian, he was tortured, but suffered no injury. Martyr. Many fables grew up about the brothers, connected in part with the ability of their relics to heal.

Born

• 3rd century, of Arabic descent

Died

• tortured and beheaded c.303 in Aegea, Cilicia (modern Ayas, Turkey)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against blindness
• against enteritis
• against hernias
• against kidney stones
• against pestilence
• apothecaries
• barbers
• blind people
• chemical industry
• chemical manufacturers
• dentists
• doctors
• druggists
• hairdressers
• hernia patients
• midwives
• physicians
• pharmacists
• relief from pestilence
• surgeons
• Worshipful Company of Barbers
• —
• in Germany
  • Essen
• in Italy
  • Alberobello
  • Borgaro Torinese
  • Florence
  • Ossimo
  • Tocco Caudio

Representation

• box of ointment
• phial
• medical emblems

MLA Citation

• “Saint Damian“. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 April 2024. Web. 25 April 2024. <>