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Quotation from Sts. Cosmas and Damian: Physician Saints by Jacobus de Voragine; Byzantine miracle tradition
“Having been cured of a dangerous illness by the intercession of Cosmas and Damian, Justinian, in gratitude for their aid, rebuilt and adorned their church at Constantinople, and it became a celebrated place of pilgrimage”
Sts. Cosmas and Damian: Physician Saints, Catholic Encyclopedia, Sts. Cosmas and Damian, trans. Public-domain English article (1908)
The Justinian notice connects imperial gratitude, illness, pilgrimage, and shrine medicine.
Citation: "Having been cured of a dangerous illness by the intercession of Cosmas and Damian, Justinian, in gratitude for their aid, rebuilt and adorned their church at Constantinople, and it became a celebrated place of pilgrimage" — Jacobus de Voragine; Byzantine miracle tradition, Sts. Cosmas and Damian: Physician Saints, Catholic Encyclopedia, Sts. Cosmas and Damian, trans. Public-domain English article (1908). (id sts-cosmas-and-damian-q2)
Portrait: Saints Cosmas and Damian, miniature from the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany ., Jean Bourdichon, Public domain.
