Camillus de Lellis
Life and witness
Former soldier who founded ministers of the sick and transformed bedside care into a disciplined work of mercy.
Butler July · St. Camillus de Lellis, Confessor
St. Camillus de Lellis, Confessor St. Idus, Bishop in Ireland
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St. Henry II., Emperor Some account of the Territories conferred by Pepin, and confirmed by Charlemagne, on the Holy See St. Plechelm, Bishop and Confessor St. Swithin, Bishop and Confessor
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St. Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch, Confessor Life and Writings of Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea St. Elier, Hermit and Martyr
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St. Alexius, Confessor St. Speratus, &c., Martyrs Life and Writings of Tertullian St. Marcellina, Virgin St. Ennodius, Bishop and Confessor St. Leo IV., Pope and Confessor Some Account of the Slander of Pope Joan St. Turninus, Confessor, of Ireland
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St. Symphorosa and her seven Sons, Martyrs St. Philastrius, Bishop and Confessor St. Arnoul, Bishop and Confessor St. Arnoul, Martyr St. Frederic, Bishop and Martyr St. Odulph, Confessor St. Bruno, Bishop and Confessor
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Biographical overview
Camillus de Lellis, M.I., (25 May 1550 – 14 July 1614) was an Italian Catholic priest who founded the Camillians, a religious order dedicated to the care of the sick. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in the year 1742, and canonized by him four years later in 1746. De Lellis is the patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses and physicians. His assistance is also invoked against gambling.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Sancti Camilli de Lellis, Presbyteri et Confessoris, Clericorum Regularium infirmis ministrantium Institutoris, caelestis hospitalium et infirmorum Patroni; cujus dies natalis pridie Idus Julii recolitur.
Butler July · St. Camillus de Lellis, Confessor
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St. Henry II., Emperor Some account of the Territories conferred by Pepin, and confirmed by Charlemagne, on the Holy See St. Plechelm, Bishop and Confessor St. Swithin, Bishop and Confessor
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St. Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch, Confessor Life and Writings of Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea St. Elier, Hermit and Martyr
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St. Alexius, Confessor St. Speratus, &c., Martyrs Life and Writings of Tertullian St. Marcellina, Virgin St. Ennodius, Bishop and Confessor St. Leo IV., Pope and Confessor Some Account of the Slander of Pope Joan St. Turninus, Confessor, of Ireland
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St. Symphorosa and her seven Sons, Martyrs St. Philastrius, Bishop and Confessor St. Arnoul, Bishop and Confessor St. Arnoul, Martyr St. Frederic, Bishop and Martyr St. Odulph, Confessor St. Bruno, Bishop and Confessor
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