27 September
Saints Como and Damian
- Memory of Saints Como and Damian, martyrs in Asia Minor, highly venerated from the Ve They are named in the canon of the Mass. Doctors took them as their patrons.
- In England, in 637, Saint Sigebert, king and martyr. A refugee in Gaul, he converted to the Christian faith there and, on his return to his homeland, spread it. He abdicated to enter the monastery he had founded, but was drawn out of it by his people during an attack by the pagans of Mercy; he was killed in a battle in which, unarmed, he led his subjects.
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Saints Como and Damian
Como and Damian were two brothers of Arab origin. Born in the small town of Aegean, in Cilicia, they practised medicine. Through the virtue of Jesus Christ, whose disciples they were, as much as through their medical science, they succeeded in curing illnesses considered incurable. They also made it a rule not to accept any payment. The governor, Lysias, was informed of their conduct and had them brought to him, where he questioned them about their lifestyle and religion. They replied freely that they considered the Christian faith necessary for salvation. They were tortured and then Lysias had them bound together and thrown into the sea. They came out of the water unharmed and unbound. The governor attributed this prodigy to magic and had the two brothers placed on a blazing pyre, whose flame had no effect on their bodies. Wearily, he had them beheaded. This was in the year 306. The names of Saints Horn and Damian are inscribed in the canon of the Mass.