Cosmas of Aphrodisia
Bishop of Aphrodisia and martyr
Feast: 10 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Cosmas was Bishop of Aphrodisia and martyr. Born at Palermo, on the island of Sicily, and was appointed and ordained Bishop of Aphrodisia, ordained by Pope Eugene III. When the Saracens invaded the island and captured his see, Cosmas was seized and suffered martyrdom.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q5173983 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cosmas of Aphrodisia (CC BY-SA)
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