Name Cosmas Aphrodisia Feast 10 September | ||
Canonized Cult approved by Pope Leo XIII | ||
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church | ||
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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