PRAYERS TO OUR LADY

Brief History on the Life of St. Camillus de Lellis

St. Camillus de Lellis
St. Camillus' mother was nearly sixty years old when he was born (1550). As a youth he gave himself to the sinful pleasures of this world.

His conversion dates from the feast of the Purification, 1575. Two attempts to enter the Capuchin Order were frustrated by an incurable sore on his leg. In Rome St. Camillus was received in a hospital for incurables; before long he was put in charge because of his ability and zeal for virtue. He brought to the sick every imaginable kind of spiritual and bodily aid.

At the age of thirty-two he began studying for Holy Orders and was not ashamed of being numbered with children. After ordination to the holy priesthood he founded a congregation of Regular Clerics, the "Ministers to the Sick." As a fourth vow the community assumed the duty of caring for the plague-ridden at the risk of their lives. With invincible patience Camillus persevered day and night in the service of the sick, performing the meanest of duties. His love shone forth most brightly when the city of Rome was stricken by epidemic and famine, and when the plague raged at Nola. Having suffered five different maladies, which he called God's mercy, he died in Rome at the age of sixty-five. On his lips was the prayer for the dying: "May the face of Christ Jesus shine gloriously upon you." Leo XIII declared him the heavenly patron of hospitals and added his name in the litany for the dying.

Excerpted from The Church's Year of Grace, Pius Parsch

Patron: Bodily ills; hospitals; hospital workers; illness; nurses; sick people; sickness.

Symbols: red cross.
Often Portrayed As: Man with Guardian Angel

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Kate Jackson on April 6, 2014 at 1:32pm

St. Camillus, pray for us, heal the sick of mt family and friends. Amen.

Permalink Reply by Kate Jackson on April 6, 2014 at 1:34pm

a children's novel called "Camillus" by Susan Peek is available to buy if you want to piique a child's interest this lent.
TCTM
Kate Jackson

Permalink Reply by Gloria on June 20, 2015 at 10:03am

Thank you Dawn Marie for posting this history of St. Camillus de Lellis . I must say I really did not know about this Saint until I joined this group. I am so blessed. I call on St. Camilus de Lellis all the time now. St. Camillus de Lellis , pray for us.

Permalink Reply by Judy Muller on October 10, 2015 at 9:21am

St. Camillus, pray for us .....and intercede on behalf of all my sick family and friends......Amen.

Permalink Reply by Judy Muller on October 11, 2015 at 8:57am

St. Camillus, pray for us....Amen.

Permalink Reply by Judy Muller on October 12, 2015 at 5:43am

May the face of Christ Jesus shine gloriously upon you................Amen.

Permalink Reply by Judy Muller on October 13, 2015 at 5:30am

St Camillus, Patron of:- Bodily ills; hospitals; hospital workers; illness; nurses; sick people and sickness.....pray for all those listed.....Amen.

Permalink Reply by Judy Muller on November 23, 2015 at 7:38am

St. Camillus, pray for us and for all those listed and recommended to thy care............Amen.

Permalink Reply by Cathleen on March 30, 2017 at 11:11am

Permalink Reply by Cathleen on March 30, 2017 at 11:12am

Sorry about the "stock photo" but this was the best photo I could find of St. Camillus's statue in St. Peter's.