Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian
Twin brothers from Arabia, Cosmas and Damian practiced medicine for free in Syria and Cilicia. Arrested under Diocletian, they miraculously …
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Twin brothers from Arabia, Cosmas and Damian practiced medicine for free in Syria and Cilicia. Arrested under Diocletian, they miraculously …
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla (1922-1962) is an Italian lay saint, a physician and mother who sacrificed her life to save that of her unborn ch…
An Italian lay doctor, Giuseppe Moscati (1880-1927) dedicated his life to the free care of the poor in Naples, combining science and deep fa…
Venezuelan physician and professor, known as the "physician to the poor," José Gregorio Hernández (1864-1919) was canonized in 2025, becomin…
A Catalan doctor devoted to the poor, Pere Tarrés i Claret became a priest after the Spanish Civil War and co-founded a clinic for tuberculo…
An Italian physician and religious of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God, Saint Riccardo Pampuri (1897-1930) practiced medicine as a…