Cosmas

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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