PATRON SAINT OF THE SICK=and OF NURSES!

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

7-18-13

 

 

SAINT CAMILLUS OF LELLIS

 

Patron Saint of Nurses

 

 

Saint Camillus of Lellis

Was born in 1550

In what is now known as Southern Italy

 

He was an exceptionally big man

And he joined the Venetian army

To fight against the Turks

 

He had a temper

And was a gambler

 

He contracted

An incurable disease of the leg

And lost everything gambling

 

At that time

He experienced a religious conversion

And tried to become a Franciscan

But his health

Prevented him from doing so

 

He did become a priest

And founded a congregation of male nurses

To serve the plague stricken

In hospitals, in their homes

And prisoners

 

Some of them

Even served on the battlefield

 

Many of them

Lost their lives

Through contracting the plague

From their patients

 

In spite of suffering

A variety of serious illnesses himself

He continued to help the sick

To the very end of his life

 

Today

He is considered to be

Patron Saint of the sick, of hospitals

AND OF NURSES AND PHYSICIANS

 

His feast day

Appears on the Roman calendar

On July 18^th

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-23-12

 

 

Ps        WITNESS        7-18-13 and 7-18-2025