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- Born
- 1550-05-25
- Died
- 1614-07-14
- Works
- 1
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- Free night shelter for homeless men
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The memorial tablet in the main courtyard of the Ca' Granda, in Milan. Plaque of Camillo de Lellis inside the historical Hospital of San Giacomo in Rome
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.
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