Cosmas

Cosmas
Pronunciation	kɔzˈmɑ:s, kɔzˈmæs
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Greek
Origin
Word/Name	Greek
Meaning	Greek: κόσμος ‘peace, order, universe etc.’
Region of origin	East and South Europe
Other names
Alternative spelling	Kosmas

Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek name and may refer to:

Saints

• Saints Cosmas and Damian (fl. 3rd century AD), Christian martyrs and physicians
• Cosmas the Monk, (fl. 7th century AD), a Sicilian monk and tutor to John of Damascus and Cosmas of Maiuma
• Cosmas of Maiuma (d. 773 or 794), Syrian bishop and hymnographer, also known as Cosmas of Jerusalem, Cosmas Hagiopolites, or Cosmas the Melodist
• Cosmas of Aphrodisia (d. 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 named Cosmas

• Cosmas the Priest (10th century?), Bulgarian writer
• 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 Magaya (b. 1953), Zimbabwean mbira player
• Cosmas Ndeti (b. 1971), Kenyan marathon runner
• Cosmas of Prague (c. 1045-1125), Bohemian historian
• Cosmas Zachos (b. 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 (b. 1944), American politician

Place names

• Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre, a facility of the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece
• Kosmas, Greece, a community in Arcadia
• Kosmas o Aitolos, a municipality in Grevena prefecture, Greece

Churches 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

Airlines

• Kosmas Air, a former Serbian cargo airline

Media

• Kosmas - Czechoslovak and Central European Journal, multidisciplinary bi-annual journal

See also

• Cosimo (disambiguation)
• Cosmo (disambiguation)