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Saints Anargyroi, Kosmas and Damianos
Byzantine Museum of Kastoria1600
USI Università della Svizzera italiana
Lugano, Switzerland
A painted icon on a wooden panel depicting Cosmas and Damian, the Holy Anargyroi, renowned for providing medical care without accepting payment. The term “Anargyroi,” meaning “without silver,” refers to their refusal to receive any form of compensation for their healing work, which they carried out as an act of Christian charity.
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Details
- Title: Saints Anargyroi, Kosmas and Damianos
- Creator: Byzantine Museum of Kastoria
- Date Created: 1600
- Location Created: Kastoria, Greece
- Physical Dimensions: 116.5 cm x 84 cm x 4 cm
- Type: Icon
- Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- External Link: Santi Anargiri
- Medium: Icona
- Art Genre: Religious art
- Art Form: Painting
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