St. Camillus de Lellis
Patron of doctors
St. Camillus de Lellis was born at Bocchianico, Italy. He fought for the Venetians against the Turks, was addicted to gambling, and by 1574 was penniless in Naples. He became a Capuchin novice, but was unable to be professed because of a diseased leg he contracted while fighting the Turks. He devoted himself to caring for the sick, and became director of St. Giacomo Hospital in Rome. He received permission from his confessor (St. Philip Neri) to be ordained and decided, with two companions, to found his own congregation, the Ministers of the Sick (the Camellians), dedicated to the care of the sick. They ministered to the sick of Holy Ghost Hospital in Rome, enlarged their facilities in 1585, founded a new house in Naples in 1588, and attended the plague-stricken aboard ships in Rome's harbor and in Rome. In 1591, the Congregation was made into an order to serve the sick by Pope Gregory XIV, and in 1591 and 1605, Camillus sent members of his order to minister to wounded troops in Hungary and Croatia, the first field medical unit. Gravely ill for many years, he resigned as superior of the Order in 1607 and died in Rome on July 14, the year after he attended a General Chapter there. He was canonized in 1746, was declared patron of the sick, with St. John of God, by Pope Leo XIII, and patron of nurses and nursing groups by Pope Pius XI. His feast day is July 18th.
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Dear St. Camillus, I am asking your pray, Pray for me so that I can do well in my PhD studies here in Germany. Pray for my wife to have good health and to deliver safely next month, pray for my young brothers and sisters, pray for my young brother avith who has completed his studies to get employed. Thank you very much for your pray, it is now six month since I asked your pray so that I get scholarship and answered your pray thank you, Glory to God.
I would like to thank St Camillus for favors and blessings received especially for the reversal of impending death for a woman expected to die within days who is still with us almost one month later and who's health has stabilized. The prayer to St Camillus was found recently in my Father's wallet five years after he passed away from cancer. Praise Be Jesus Christ!
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Here my PERSONAL STORY
n July 2011 the Doctor in Bangkok - Hospital told me that i have AIDS and a Virus which could not be identified​ they could not help me any more. A Doctor from the USA​ also told me that i ' am dieing. So i ask to be trans faired​ to a place where i can die peaceful. The International Aids Foundation of Thailand based in Bangkok told me there where a nice Place in Rayong (Camillian Social Center/Rayong).Dedication with the believe to provide Palliative Care within the Camillian - Social Center The Camillian Social Center in Rayong is confronting AIDS in the 21st century through prevention, treatment and care. We believe that prevention, treatment and care go together to reduce the potential for the transmission of the virus.The Thai government recognizes the Camillian Social Center in Rayong (CSC)
as a Leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The CSC cooperates with the Ministry of Social Work and the hospitals operating in the South Eastern region of Thailand.​
I just want to thank you St.Camillus he made it posible for me to be in a Place like Camillian Social Center Rayong.............
.thank you Juergen Francis Kilbinger
I fournd a little white paper with
LITTLE CROSS OF ST. CALLIMUS - Blessed for the sick on the front
inside there is a small red felt cross
inside the paper reads:
Note
This little cross has been blessed according to a formula approved by the
Congregation of Rites. The sick person should fasten it to the scapular
or on the inside of the garment, while trustingly invoking Saint Camillus,
the patron of the sick.
Don't remember where I got it but have been keeping it in my purse.
Last Friday, I lost my hearing in my right ear. I ask St. Camillus to pray
for me to help restore my hearing. I am very honored to have this
cross to remind me how great our Father is and hope it is not selfish
to pray for myself before others at this time. God bless
Dear St. Camillus, I am asking your pray, Pray for me so that I can get a PhD scholarship. Pray for my wife to have good health, pray for my young brothers and sisters, pray for my young brother avith who has completed his studies to get employed. Thank you
Saint Camillus is the Patron Saint of and for NURSES!! , For practically 100 years, St. Camillus is thePatron Saint of Nurses, St. Luke is the Patron Saint of Doctors, not St. Camillus. Would you send inforrmation as to why this site says St. Camiillus is the patron saint of doctors?
Thank you
St. Camillus, Please, St. Camilius I need your help, I been a nurse for a long time, and have been falsely accused, that the truth will be known, and my nursing license left untouch, I love being a nurse, and it breaks my heart the lies that been told. I will make sure your name is known among all nurses, and doctors. Please, St. Camilius pray for me to my father in Heaven. Amen
Dear St. Camillus, please pray for my son Matt, who will see the kidney specialist tomorrow. Please pray that his test results are better than expected and that his condition is stable. I will make your name known. Thank you for your prayers and attention. I believe and am thankful for your interception.
Thank you St Camillus de Lellis for your prayers for my son, Andy. He pass his physical and he was offered the job he applied for. Please keep him in your prayers that he stays safe and that this job changes his world for the better. The power of prayer is so great. I will pass your name on.
I have elected by my fellow Catholic family group to lead them on weekly prayer picking up You St. Camillus as our Guardian. P/se St. Camillus pray for me so that I become successful in this spiritual work. Also pray for my wife so that she gets cured the dangerous diseases threatening Her life. Pray to My Boy Menrad Haule who has failed in colleges and heading towards wrong destine. Pray for my daughter Winnie Haule to do well in her University studies. Pray for Boy Hollan Haule who has just Completed Computer Engineering and Information Technology so that He gets a relevant job for his Carrier. Pray for all sick members in St Camillus Catholic Groups to cured and Pray for Holly spirit to bind us together as a Catholic group under your Guardianship. Thanks St. Camillus
Dear St. Camillus de Lellis, please pray that our son's D scheduled operation in January is successful, and that he recovers quickly to pursue his studies and his life. In addition, please pray for A to pass his physical for his new job when he is hired. Again please keep M in your prayers too that his sickness may be reversed. Thank you and I will make your name known.
Dear St. Camillus please pray for my son, M, who was diagnosed with renal vascular hypertension. He is the sweetest boy in the world. Please pray for a miracle for him that perhaps this sickness can be reversed. I will make your name known. Thank you
I went to a healing service and was told that I need to pray to St. Camillus. Truly a blessed saint. I work at a hospital and pray for many there, so I guess that is the connection. I am praying for my husband as he is deaf and cannot hardly hear the God's words spoken at Mass. Please pray for Sonya and David, who are both fighting addictions. Please intercede for me for all the newly diagnosed cancer patients at the hospital. May they find peace and healing of their heart, soul, mind and body. Praise, Glory, Honor and Thanksgiving for your prayers.
St. Camillus is indeed a very powerful saint , he is the patron saint of nurses in in Rome particular as he was a nurse at San Giacoma Hospital in Rome, Italy!! His church in Rome is the Maddalena and his little apartment is next to the church, well worth the visit in Rome!!!
i will like to join this order of st camillus.
since i ever heard of st camillus i started praying that one day i will be one of them
St. Camillus, please help my friends son pass all his tests he needs to take, to be a male nurse. Please help the following people: a former parishioner of our parish is 28 years old with pancreatic cancer, my son's friend's father is dying, and a former neighbor of mine is on kidney dialisis, my elderly friend is 86 years old and faints and doctor's can't figure out why and he's on a catheter and wants to be normal again and both he and his wife have pace makers, and one of my friends daughter's was on antibiotic for asthma and pneumonia and is having side effects from them, and my friend is suffering from heart disease and emphasema, and my other friend who has connective tissue disease with one of them is lupus, my daughter in law who is newly pregnant, to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby, and to please don't let me have side effects of diabetes and heal me please if it's God's Will, so I can be around for my young children, and grandchildren and to help me in studies to become a doula (helping woman who are in labor), if God is calling me to do it to have a love for it and do it well, so I can help with the financial problems we are having and help others too. All in God's will. AMEN. Thank you St. Camillus for praying for all these intentions.
Dear St Camillus I ask you to pray for me to pass my nursing aide certification so that I may pursue my calling to help all types of people, from the sick, injured, and disabled to the nurses that I will be assisting.
Dear St. Camillus, we humbly ask for your intercession to help us pray for a miraculous healing be upon JR, the brother of my friend who is ill right now of chronic kidney diseases secondary to chronic glumerulonephritis. And for all those people who have kidney disorder. Thank you so much for interceding.
Dear St. Camillus de Lellis, please help to pray for my friend Gary Ong who has stomach cancer. Please pray for the Lord's healing hand to be on him to heal him. May he be blessed with good health, strength and strong fighting spirit to overcome the illness and have a speedy recovery. Amen.