Floor Of The Church Of Saints Cosmas And Damian Mosaic

The basilica of saints cosmas and damian is located in the very heart of ancient and modern rome.

Floor of the church of saints cosmas and damian mosaic.

Church of ss cosmas and damian gerasa coordinates 32 281451 35 89202. Built in the early 6th century ad the basilica dei santi cosma e damiano basilica of saints cosmas and damian is the oldest church in the imperial forum in rome. Saints cosmas and damian greek. Little is known of the lives of these two saints except that they suffered martyrdom in syria during the persecution of the emperor diocletian.

Over a millennium after the church was built major modifications were undertaken. ق زما ودميان romanized. Rachid idir aadnani photographer b. Ad 287 were two arab physicians in the town cyrhus and were reputedly twin brothers and early christian martyrs they practised their profession in the seaport of aegeae then in the roman province of syria.

Saints cosmas and damian s story. Download this stock image. Caption detail view of mosaic floor church of saints cosmas and damian date 2006 june associated sites church of ss cosmas and damian gerasa gerasa. Mosaic floor church of sts.

The mosaic remains in excellent condition which is rare given the iconoclasm that destroyed images in churches across the region. About a century after the mosaics at santa pudenziana about which i spoke in my last post and half a century after the last emperor in rome had been deposed the temple was incorporated into the church of saints cosmas and damian by pope felix iv 526 30. 287 were twin sisters 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 accepting no payment for their services led to them being named. The circular building located at the entrance of the forum which now houses a small archeological exhibit was built in the early 4th century as a roman temple.

The lower portion of the building is accessible through the roman forum and incorporates original roman buildings but the entrance to the upper level is outside the forum. Being prominent practitioners of medicine it would have been hard for them to have remained unnoticed. Saints cosmas and damian arabic. This mosaic most likely survived as it was abandoned during the 7th century.

The basilica of santi cosma e damiano is a church in rome italy. It forms part of an imposing archeological complex in the midst of an extensive natural park which recalls so many historical events and memories. It was rebuilt and consecrated as a church in the 6th century probably by pope saint felix iv in. Cosmas and damian jerash jordan d8fhnw from alamy s library of millions of high resolution stock photos illustrations and vectors.