Gigantic Golden Rod. _Solidago gigantea._
Dedicated to _St. Justina_.
~September 27.~
_Sts. Cosmas_ and _Damian_, A. D. 303. _Sts. Elzear_ and _Delphina_,
A. D. 1323, and 1369.
_Sts. Cosmas_ and _Damian_.
These saints are said to have been beheaded under Dioclesian.
In a church dedicated to these saints at Isernia, near Naples, while sir
William Hamilton was ambassador from Great Britain to that court, votive
offerings were presented of so remarkable a nature, as to occasion him
to acquaint sir Joseph Banks with the particulars. They were the
grossest relics of the ancient pagan worship. The late Mr. Richard Payne
Knight wrote a remarkable “Dissertation” on the subject for the use of
the _Dilettanti_.
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