July 14
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Camillus de Lellis

St. Camillus de Lellis

priest, patron of the sick and of hospitals · 1550 – 1614
As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
— Matt 25:40

A gambler and soldier with an incurable wound on his leg. As a hospital attendant he saw how badly the sick were treated and founded an order to care for them “with a mother's love.” Their red cross was a forerunner of the Red Cross.

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