First, do you know who was Cosme and Damian? If the answer is no, continue with this post and we will explain it to you.
So we're going to tell you a little more about the story that it has.
Cosme and Damian They were two twin brothers, born around 260 AD, in the city of Aegean, which is located in Arabia, and were well known for providing medical assistance to animals and the poor free of charge, because they had the gift of healing and la medicine.
In this sense, they are currently considered saints who protect doctors, nurses and pharmacists.
Furthermore, Umbanda offers parties sharing sweets and children's orixás, with him, his brothers Cosme and Damian He also became guardians of children, being in both religions also guardians of twin brothers.
Brazil, despite being secular, contains devotees of various types of religions.
Therefore, the country is characterized by religious syncretism, especially influenced by Catholicism, regions of African origin and indigenous traditions.
So, the day of Cosme and Damian The 26th of September is celebrated for Catholics, and the 27th of September for Umbandistas and Candomblécistas.
History of brothers in Catholicism.
His mother Theodata taught everything about Jesus Christ, in this sense her devotion became the priority of the lives of her twin brothers.
When he was young, he went to study Syria, where he specialized in medicine and science, areas in which he performed successfully.
In this way, they decided to use their teachings about Jesus through their medical skills to help other people and animals at no cost.
However, the Roman Emperor Diocletian was persecuting all Christians at that moment, which is why Cosme and Damian They were arrested, accused of preaching a prohibited religion and hechicería.
As a punishment he received the death penalty by stoning and arrows, but in the murder, the Emperor then ordered that they were burned in the public square, to hold them once more, both unsuccessful events.
Finally, the Emperor decided to decapitate him.
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For this reason, the young doctors and patients buried them as thanks for their healings and for dying bearing testimonies of their faith in Jesus Christ, years later, their mortal remains were transferred to Rome, in the Basilica of the Forum where they are located until today.
