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Camillus de Lellis

Name: Camillus de Lellis
Start: 2024-07-18T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-07-18
Location: US Holidays

Camillus de Lellis is held on July 18. Christian feast day, optional memorial, United States only. This event in the second decade of the month July is annual.

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Camillus de Lellis, M.I., (25 May 1550 – 14 July 1614) was a Roman Catholic priest from Italy 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.

Charity was his first concern, but the physical aspects of the hospital also received his diligent attention. Camillus insisted on cleanliness and the technical competence of those who served the sick. The members of his community bound themselves to serve prisoners and persons infected by the plague as well as those dying in private homes.

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