Tag: Damian
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Partners in healing: An early renaissance painting depicting the partnership of the divine with the physicians Cosmas and Damian
Susan Brunn Puett J. David Puett Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States St. Cosmas and St. Damian by Matteo di Pacino (painted 1370-1375). Located in the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Although the original location of the painting is not known, it was probably commissioned by the Guild of…
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Saints Cosmas and Damian, patron saints of doctors
Saints Francis, Lawrence, Cosmas, John the Baptist, Damian, Anthony Abbot, and Peter Filippo Lippi National Gallery, London Unlike many other doctors, Cosmas and Damian were also saints. They lived in what today is modern Turkey, where they practiced healing the sick. They may also have been color blind (!), replacing (as in the paintings…