Cosmas

Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek name (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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

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