The church of Santi Cosma e Damiano sits right on the edge of the Roman Forum and is dedicated to two physician saints who were martyred under Diocletian in the year 287, when they were beheaded for their faith. They became tremendously well known, and, because of their work as doctors (medici), the Medici family in Florence embraced them. Perhaps the most curious aspect of the church is the location in the Roman forum.