Saint Camillus de Lellis (1614)

He is one of the great patrons of the sick. He founded a Religious Order to take care of them. He himself suffered great sickness all his life, until he died, at the age of sixty-four. Doctors and nurses pray to him for help in caring for the sick. None who do so lovingly ever find him wanting. He lived in Rome, and the Order he founded is called “the Fathers of the Good Death,” or “the Camillians.” The last two words Saint Camillus spoke as he died were the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary.

Ecstasy of Saint Camillus de Lellis (1762) , by Cristóbal Lozano (source)

Ecstasy of Saint Camillus de Lellis (1762) , by Cristóbal Lozano (source)