Saint Cosmas | |
Death Date: | 1160 |
Feast Day: | 10 September |
Venerated In: | Roman Catholic Church |
Birth Place: | Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
Death Place: | Sicily, Italy |
Titles: | Martyr and Bishop of Aphrodisia |
Canonized Date: | Cult approved by Pope Leo XIII |
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.[1] When the Saracens invaded the island and captured his see, Cosmas was seized and suffered martyrdom.