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Κοσμᾶς (Kosmâs), associated with the noun κόσμος (kósmos), meaning "

universe The universe is all of space and time and their contents. It comprises all of existence, any fundamental interaction, physical process and physical constant, and therefore all forms of matter and energy, and the structures they form, from s ...

", and the verb κοσμέω (to order, govern, adorn) linked to propriety. Alternate form: Κοσμίας; female form: Κοσμώ. It may refer to:

Saints

Saints Cosmas and Damian Cosmas and Damian ( – or AD) were two Arabs, Arab physicians and early Christian martyrs. They practised their profession in the seaport of Yumurtalık, Aegeae, then in the Roman province of Cilicia (Roman province), Cilicia. Cosmas and ...

(3rd century AD), Christian martyrs and physicians *

Cosmas the Monk Cosmas the Monk was a 7th-century clergyman who features in Chalcedonian traditions. Any knowledge of Cosmas comes from the notably unreliable 10th-century hagiography of John of Damascus. He was a scholar who became the teacher to John of Damas ...

, (7th century AD), a Sicilian monk and tutor *

Cosmas of Maiuma Cosmas of Maiuma, also called Cosmas Hagiopolites ("of the Holy City"), Cosmas of Jerusalem, Cosmas the Melodist, or Cosmas the Poet (d. 773 or 794), was a bishop and an important hymnographer in the East. He is venerated as a saint by the East ...

(8th century AD), Syrian bishop and hymnographer * Cosmas of Aphrodisia (died 1160), Sicilian Bishop and Martyr *

Cosmas of Aetolia Kosmas the Aetolian, sometimes Cosmas the Aetolian or Patrokosmas "Father Kosmas" (, ''Kosmas Etolos''; born between 1700 and 1714 – died 1779), was a monk in the Greek Orthodox Church. He is recognized as one of the originators of the twentiet ...

(1714-1779), Greek orthodox priestmonk and missionary

Patriarchs

Patriarch Cosmas I of Constantinople Cosmas I of Constantinople (; died 1082) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 2 August 1075 to 8 May 1081. Biography Originally from Antioch, Cosmas was educated and resided in Jerusalem for a large part of his life, earning his g ...

(fl. 1075–1081), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople *

Patriarch Cosmas II of Constantinople Cosmas II of Constantinople (''Atticus'' ; died after 1147) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from April 1146 until 26 February 1147. He was born in Aegina, in Greece, and was a deacon of Hagia Sophia before his ascension, after Michae ...

(fl. 1146–1147), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople *

Patriarch Cosmas I of Alexandria Cosmas I or Kosmas I () served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between and his death in 768. Cosmas was the first residential Chalcedonian (Melkite) patriarch to be established in Alexandria following the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the 640s. Th ...

(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 Pope Cosmas I of Alexandria ( Coptic ), 44th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. Pope Cosmas I was from the town of Abu-Sair. He later became a monk in the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great. He was ordained Pope of Alex ...

(fl. 729–730), Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria * Pope Cosmas II of Alexandria (fl. 851–858), Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria *

Pope Cosmas III of Alexandria Pope Cosmas III of Alexandria was the 58th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 920 to 932. According to the '' History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria'', after Abuna Peter of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church had become e ...

(fl. 921–933), Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria

Other people

Cosmas the Priest Cosmas the Priest (, ''Prezviter Kozma''), also known as Cosmas the Presbyter or Presbyter Cosmas, was a medieval Bulgarian priest and writer. Cosmas is most famous for his anti-Bogomil treatise ''Sermon Against the Heretics'', which, despite no ...

(10th century?), Bulgarian writer *

Cosmas of Prague Cosmas of Prague (; ; – 21 October 1125) was a Czech priest, writer and historian. Life Between 1075 and 1081, he studied in Liège. After his return to Bohemia, he married Božetěcha with whom he had a son, named Jindřich Zdík, and remai ...

(1045–1125), Bohemian priest, writer and historian *

Cosmas, Bishop of Győr Cosmas (; died after 1222) was a Hungarian prelate in the first half of the 13th century, who served as Bishop of Győr from around 1219 to 1222. Biography Cosmas was born into an ethnic Hungarian medium landowner noble family originated from S ...

(fl. 1219–1222), Hungarian prelate *

Christopher and Cosmas Christopher and Cosmas were two Japanese men, only known by their Christian names, who are recorded to have travelled across the Pacific on a Spanish galleon in 1587, and were later forced to accompany the English navigator Thomas Cavendish to Engla ...

(fl. 1587–1592), Japanese explorers *

Cosmas Damian Asam Cosmas Damian Asam (29 September 1686 – 10 May 1739) was a German painter and architect during the late Baroque period. Born in Benediktbeuern, he lived in Rome from 1711 to 1713 to study at the Accademia di San Luca with Carlo Marat ...

(1686-1739), German painter and architect *

Cosmas Gutkeled Cosmas from the kindred Gutkeled (also known as Cosmas the Lesser; ; died after 1321) was a Hungarian nobleman and soldier in the second half of the 13th century and early 14th century. Family Cosmas "the Lesser" was born into the Egyedmonostor b ...

(fl. 1269–1321), Hungarian nobleman *

Cosmas Indicopleustes Cosmas Indicopleustes (; also known as Cosmas the Monk) was a merchant and later hermit from Alexandria in Egypt. He was a 6th-century traveller who made several voyages to India during the reign of emperor Justinian. His work '' Christian Topogr ...

(fl. 6th century AD), Greek explorer *

Cosmas of Naples Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek name (), 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: Κ ...

(7th century AD),

Duke of Naples The dukes of Naples were the military commanders of the ''ducatus Neapolitanus'', a Byzantine Empire, Byzantine outpost in Italy, one of the few remaining after the conquest of the Lombards. In 661, Emperor Constans II, highly interested in south I ...

Cosmas Michael Angkur Cosmas Michael Angkur (4 January 1937 – 18 December 2024) was an Indonesian Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized C ...

(1937–2024), Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop *

Cosmas Magaya Cosmas Magaya (5 October 1953 – 10 July 2020) was a Zimbabwean mbira musician. Background Raised in the rural areas of Mhondoro-Ngezi, Magaya played a role in the research of musicologist Paul Berliner's books ''The Soul of Mbira'' (1978), ...

(1953–2020), Zimbabwean mbira player *

Cosmas Ndeti Cosmas Ndeti (born 24 November 1971) is a three-time winner of the Boston Marathon. He was the winner of the 1993, 1994, and 1995 races. He set the course record in 1994 with a time of 2:07:15, which was also the best marathon performance in 199 ...

(born 1971), Kenyan marathon runner *

Cosmas Zachos Cosmas K. Zachos (; born 1951) is a theoretical physicist. He was educated in physics (undergraduate A.B. 1974) at Princeton University, and did graduate work in theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology (Ph.D. 1979 ) under t ...

(born 1951), American physicist *

George Cosmas Adyebo George Cosmas Adyebo (18 June 1947 – 19 November 2000) was a Ugandan politician and economist who was Prime Minister of Uganda The prime minister of Uganda chairs the Cabinet of Uganda, although the President of Uganda, president is t ...

(1945-2000), former Prime Minister of Uganda *

Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis, also: ''Sined the Bard'', (27 September 1729 – 29 September 1800) was an Austrian Catholic priest and Jesuit, who is best known as a poet, bibliographer, and lepidopterist. Life Denis was born at Schärdin ...

(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

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