Camillus de Lellis
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.
Patron saint of sick; hospitals; nurses; physicians
In the Martyrology
- July 14 Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest, founder of the Camillians