St. Camillus Of Lellis Medal and Necklace

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St. Camillus of Lellis

Saint Camillus was born in 1550 at Bucchianico, Italy, a town of the diocese of Chieti, of the noble family of the Lelli. His mother died when he was quite young. At the age de of nineteen, together with his father, Camillus entered Military service and served in the army until 1574. He had contracted a violent passion for cards and gambling, and sometimes lost even the necessaries of life.

Service to the Sick

After some years of a worldly life, Camillus endeavored to enter the Capuchin Order and the Grey Friars. A running sore in one of his legs, which was considered incurable, made it impossible for him to make his religious profession. Therefore he went to Rome, where he served the incurable sick for four years in St. James Hospital with great fervor. Grieved to see the lack of passion of the hired servants in attending the sick, Camillus was inspired, in 1582, to found a Congregation known as the Ministers of the Sick, who should be desirous to devote themselves to nurse the sick out of fervent charity, and to procure for them all spiritual help possible.

St. Camillus was encouraged by St. Philip Neri to become a Priest, and two years later he was ordained. In 1586, Pope Sixtus V confirmed his Congregation, which spread from Rome to Milan, Genoa, Florence, Bologna, Messina, Palermo, Ferrara, and other places. St. Camillus of Lellis persevered in caring for the sick and dying until his death in 1614, at the age of sixty-four. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XIV in 1746, and was declared a Patron Saint of the infirm by Pope Leo XIII.

St. Camillus of Lellis Rosary
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