Cosmas
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Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek
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Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
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Saints:
- Saints Cosmas and DamianSaints Cosmas and DamianSaints Cosmas and Damian were twin brothers, physicians, and early Christian martyrs born in Cilicia, part of today's Turkey. They practiced their profession in the seaport of Ayas, Adana, then in the Roman province of Syria...
(fl. 3rd century AD), Christian martyrs and physicians - Cosmas the MonkCosmas the MonkCosmas the Monk was a monk from Sicily , best known as the tutor of John of Damascus and Cosmas of Maiuma....
, a Sicilian monk and tutor to John of DamascusJohn of DamascusSaint John of Damascus was a Syrian monk and priest...
and Cosmas of Maiuma - Cosmas of Maiuma (d. 773 or 794), Syrian bishop and hymnographer, also known as Cosmas of Jerusalem, Cosmas Hagiopolites, or Cosmas the Melodist
- Cosmas of AphrodisiaCosmas of AphrodisiaCosmas 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 Saracans invaded the island and captured his see, Cosmas was seized and suffered martyrdom.-Notes:...
(d. 1160), Sicilian Bishop and Martyr - Cosmas of Aetolia (1714-1779), Greek orthodox priestmonk and missionary
Patriarchs:
- Patriarch Cosmas I of ConstantinoplePatriarch Cosmas I of ConstantinopleCosmas I of Jerusalem was Patriarch of Constantinople from 2 August, 1075 to 8 May, 1081. Originally from Antioch, he was educated and resided in Jerusalem for a large part of his life, earning his geographic epithet. He may have been appointed to the patriarchate out of monastery near or in...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1075-1081), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria - Patriarch Cosmas I of AlexandriaPatriarch Cosmas I of Alexandria-References:...
(727-768), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria - Patriarch Cosmas II of AlexandriaPatriarch Cosmas II of AlexandriaCosmas III was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1714 to 1716. He also served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria under the episcopal name Cosmas II from 1723 until his death in 1736. A Coptic Orthodox patriarch has the same name, Pope Cosmas II of Alexandria , commemorated in the Coptic...
(fl. 1714-1736), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria - Patriarch Cosmas III of AlexandriaPatriarch Cosmas III of AlexandriaCosmas III served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1737 and 1746. Although he was only the patriarch for the Greeks in Egypt and Africa, he is commemorated in the Coptic Synaxarium on the 22nd day of Baramhat.-References:...
(fl. 1737-1746), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria - Pope Cosmas I of Alexandria (fl. 729-730), Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria
- Pope Cosmas II of AlexandriaPope Cosmas II of AlexandriaPope Cosmas II of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark ....
(fl. 851-858), Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria - Pope Cosmas III of AlexandriaPope Cosmas III of AlexandriaPope Cosmas III of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark .According to the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria, after Abuna Peter of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church had become embroiled in a civil war and was forced into exile, and the Emperor of...
(fl. 921-933), Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria
Other people named Cosmas:
- Cosmas the PriestCosmas the PriestCosmas the Priest , also known as Cosmas the Presbyter or Presbyter Cosmas, was a medieval Bulgarian priest and writer. Cosmas is most famous for his anti-Bogomil treatise Sermon Against the Heretics, which, despite not being conclusively dated, is generally ascribed to the 10th century...
(10th century?), Bulgarian writer - Christopher and CosmasChristopher and CosmasChristopher and Cosmas were two Japanese men, only known by their Christian names, who are recorded to have travelled across the Pacific on a Spanish galleon in 1587, and later accompanied the English navigator Thomas Cavendish to England, Brazil and the Southern Atlantic, where they disappeared...
(fl. 1587-1592), Japanese explorers - Cosmas Damian AsamCosmas Damian AsamCosmas Damian Asam was a German painter and architect during the late Baroque period. Born in Benediktbeuern, he moved to Rome in 1711 to study at the Accademia di San Luca with Carlo Maratta. There, he could see the fresco Ascensione di Cristo by Melozzo da Forlì in Santi Apostoli Church...
(1686-1739), German painter and architect - Cosmas IndicopleustesCosmas IndicopleustesCosmas Indicopleustes was an Alexandrian merchant and later hermit, probably of Nestorian tendencies. He was a 6th-century traveller, who made several voyages to India during the reign of emperor Justinian...
(fl. 6th century AD), Greek explorer - Cosmas MagayaCosmas MagayaCosmas Magaya is a renowned Zimbabwean mbira player and teacher. Raised in the rural areas surrounging Mhondoro, he appears in the recordings of longime friend and musicologist Paul Berliner's The Soul of Mbira released by Nonesuch Records....
, Zimbabwean mbira player - Cosmas NdetiCosmas NdetiCosmas Ndeti is a three time winner of the Boston Marathon. He was the winner of the 1993, 1994, and 1995 races. He set the course record in 1994 with a time of 2:07:15, which was also the best marathon performance in 1994...
(b. 1971), Kenyan marathon runner - Cosmas of PragueCosmas of PragueCosmas of Prague was a Bohemian priest, writer and historian born in a noble family in Bohemia. Between 1075 and 1081, he studied in Liège. After his return to Bohemia, he became a priest and married Božetěcha, with whom he probably had a son. In 1086 Cosmas was appointed prebendary of Prague, a...
(c. 1045-1125), Bohemian historian - Cosmas ZachosCosmas ZachosCosmas K. Zachos is a theoretical physicist. He was educated in physics at Princeton University, and did graduate work in theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology under the supervision of John Henry Schwarz.Zachos is a staff member in the theory group of the High Energy...
, American physicist - George Cosmas AdyeboGeorge Cosmas AdyeboGeorge Cosmas Adyebo was a Ugandan politician and economist. He became prime minister of Uganda on January 22, 1991 when prime minister Samson Kisekka became vice-president. Adyebo served as prime minister for nearly 4 years, until November 18, 1994. Six years later he died at the International...
(1945-2000), former Prime Minister of Uganda - Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis (1729-1800), Austrian poet, bibliographer and lepidopterist
- Kosmas Chatzicharalabous, former president of the Greek football club AEK Athens F.C.
- Kosmas Kiriakidis, former president of the Greek football club AEK Athens F.C.
- Suzanne KosmasSuzanne KosmasSuzanne M. Kosmas is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party...
(b. 1944), American politician
Place names:
- Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing CentreAgios Kosmas Olympic Sailing CentreThe Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre hosted the sailing events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The center is located about four miles from downtown Athens along the coast. It was officially opened on August 2, 2004, a few weeks before the Olympics, though test events were...
, a facility of the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece - Kosmas, GreeceKosmas, GreeceKosmas is a village and a former community in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality South Kynouria, of which it is a municipal unit. Its 2001 population was 591...
, a community in Arcadia - Kosmas o AitolosKosmas o AitolosKosmas o Aitolos is a former municipality in Grevena peripheral unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Grevena, of which it is a municipal unit. It is named after the 18th century Greek saint Cosmas of Aetolia. Population 1,792 . The...
, a municipality in Grevena prefecture, Greece
Churches buildings:
- Basilica Santi Cosma e DamianoSanti Cosma e DamianoThe basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano is a church in Rome, Italy, located in the Roman Forum. It is one of the ancient churches called tituli, of which cardinals are patrons as deacons: the Cardinal Deacon of the Titulus Ss. Cosmae et Damiani is Giovanni Cheli...
, a church in Rome, Italy - Church of Cosmas and DamianChurch of Cosmas and DamianThe Church of St. Cosmas and Damian on Kholop Street , was a church in medieval Novgorod the Great located in the Nerev End, just north of the Detinets. It was a wooden church first built by Fedor Khotovich in 1271. It was rebuilt in 1303, probably after a fire in the Nerev End...
, a church in medieval Novgorod the Great - Church of Saint Cosmas and DamianChurch of Saint Cosmas and DamianThe Church of Saint Cosmas and Damian is a Roman Catholic church on Lastovo Island off the coast of Croatia.It is located in the oldest part of the town square and dates back to the 14th century. On the main altar is the painting of Saints Cosmas and Damian from the Italian Master Giacomo Lanfranco...
, a church on Lastovo Island, Croatia - St Cosmas and St Damian Church, KeymerSt Cosmas and St Damian Church, KeymerSt Cosmas and St Damian Church is an Anglican church in the village of Keymer, in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. Rebuilt in 1866 in a style similar to the Saxon building it replaced, it is the parish church of Keymer and now lies within a combined parish serving three villages in...
, a church in West Sussex, England
Airlines:
- Kosmas AirKosmas AirKosmas Air was a charter cargo airline based in Belgrade, Serbia. The airline's main field of activity covered air freight and transport of humanitarian aid relief from Europe to Middle East, Asia and Africa.-History:...
, a former Serbian cargo airline
Media:
- Kosmas - Czechoslovak and Central European Journal, multidisciplinary bi-annual journal