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St. Camillus of Lellis
July 14, Founder


Source: Catholicsaints.info



    Also known as
    •    Camillus de Lellis
    •    Camillo de Lellis


    Memorial
    •    14 July
    •    18 July (United States)


    Profile
    •    Son of a military officer who had served both for Naples and France. His mother died when Camillus was very young. He spent his youth as a soldier, fighting for the Venetians against the Turks, and then for Naples. Reported as a large individual, perhaps as tall as 6’6″ (2 metres), and powerfully built, but he suffered all his life from abscesses on his feet. A gambling addict, he lost so much he had to take a job working construction on a building belonging to the Capuchins; they converted him.


    •    Camillus entered the Capuchin noviate three times, but a nagging leg injury, received while fighting the Turks, each time forced him to give it up. He went to Rome, Italy for medical treatment where Saint Philip Neri became his priest and confessor. He moved into San Giacomo Hospital for the incurable, and eventually became its administrator. Lacking education, he began to study with children when he was 32 years old. Priest. Founded the Congregation of the Servants of the Sick (the Camillians or Fathers of a Good Death) who, naturally, care for the sick both in hospital and home. The Order expanded with houses in several countries. Camillus honoured the sick as living images of Christ, and hoped that the service he gave them did penance for his wayward youth. Reported to have the gifts of miraculous healing and prophecy.


    Born
    •    25 May 1550 at Bocchiavico, Abruzzi, kingdom of Naples, Italy




    Died
    •    14 July 1614 at Genoa, Italy of natural causes


    Beatified
    •    7 April 1742 by Pope Benedict XIV


    Canonized
    •    29 June 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV


    Patronage
    •    Abruzzi, Italy
    •    against bodily ills
    •    against illness
    •    against sickness
    •    hospitals








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