Overview

• According to tradition, the twins from Arabia practiced medicine in Syria in the 3rd century without charging, earning the title anárgiros or “los sin dinero.”
• They were arrested during persecutions and, tradition holds, were martyred around the year 303 under Emperor Diocletian.
• Their cult spread across East and West, and Pope Felix IV dedicated a basilica to them in Rome’s Forum, where notable mosaics remain.
• Liturgical calendars now observe their feast on September 26 following a shift from the earlier date of September 27.
• The santoral for the day also recalls figures such as San Nilo el Joven, San Gedeón and the Beato Luis Tezza.