Cosmas

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Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek name (Greek: Κοσμᾶς), from Ancient Greek Κοσμᾶς (Kosmâs), associated with the noun κόσμος (kósmos), meaning "universe", and the verb κοσμέω (to order, govern, adorn) linked to propriety. Alternate form: Κοσμίας; female form: Κοσμώ. It may refer to:

Saints

• Saints Cosmas and Damian (3rd century AD), Christian martyrs and physicians
• Cosmas the Monk, (7th century AD), a Sicilian monk and tutor
• Cosmas of Maiuma (8th century AD), Syrian bishop and hymnographer
• Cosmas of Aphrodisia (died 1160), Sicilian Bishop and Martyr
• Cosmas of Aetolia (1714-1779), Greek orthodox priestmonk and missionary

Patriarchs

• Patriarch Cosmas I of Constantinople (fl. 1075–1081), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople
• Patriarch Cosmas II of Constantinople (fl. 1146–1147), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople
• Patriarch Cosmas I of Alexandria (727-768), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
• Patriarch Cosmas II of Alexandria (fl. 1714–1736), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
• Patriarch Cosmas III of Alexandria (fl. 1737–1746), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
• Pope Cosmas I of Alexandria (fl. 729–730), Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria
• Pope Cosmas II of Alexandria (fl. 851–858), Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria
• Pope Cosmas III of Alexandria (fl. 921–933), Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria

Other people

• Cosmas the Priest (10th century?), Bulgarian writer
• Cosmas of Prague (1045–1125), Bohemian priest, writer and historian
• Christopher and Cosmas (fl. 1587–1592), Japanese explorers
• Cosmas Damian Asam (1686-1739), German painter and architect
• Cosmas Indicopleustes (fl. 6th century AD), Greek explorer
• Cosmas of Naples (7th century AD), Duke of Naples
• Cosmas Magaya (1953–2020), Zimbabwean mbira player
• Cosmas Ndeti (born 1971), Kenyan marathon runner
• Cosmas Zachos (born 1951), American physicist
• George Cosmas Adyebo (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 Kosmas (born 1944), American politician

Place names

• Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre, a facility of the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece
• Kosmas, Greece, a municipal unit in Arcadia, Greece
• Kosmas o Aitolos, a municipal unit in Grevena regional unit, Greece

Church buildings

• Basilica Santi Cosma e Damiano, a church in Rome, Italy
• Church of Cosmas and Damian, a church in medieval Novgorod the Great
• Church of Saint Cosmas and Damian, a church on Lastovo Island, Croatia
• St Cosmas and St Damian Church, Keymer, a church in West Sussex, England

Other uses

• Kosmas Air, a former Serbian cargo airline
• Kosmas - Czechoslovak and Central European Journal, multidisciplinary bi-annual journal

See also

• Cosimo (disambiguation)
• Cosma (disambiguation)
• Cosmo (disambiguation)
• Santi Cosma e Damiano (disambiguation)

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