RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Camillus de Lellis

1550 - 1614

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Camillus de Lellis, M.I., (25 May 1550 – 14 July 1614) was a 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. De Lellis is the patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses and physicians. His assistance is also invoked against gambling. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Camillus de Lellis is the 604th most popular religious figure (down from 583rd in 2019), the 715th most popular biography from Italy (down from 688th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Camillus de Lellis is most famous for being the founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, also known as the Redemptorists.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Camillus de Lellis ranks 604 out of 3,187. Before him are Devadatta, Penitent thief, Laban, Ansgar, Beatrice Portinari, and Kevin Farrell. After him are Rashi, Sister Lúcia, Bruno of Cologne, Nichiren, Pancras of Rome, and Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Camillus de Lellis ranks 9. Before him are Willem Barentsz, John Napier, Charles IX of Sweden, John Davis, Do-Aklin, and Henry I, Duke of Guise. After him are Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Jang-geum, Stanislaus Kostka, Karin Månsdotter, Giorgio Basta, and Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia. Among people deceased in 1614, Camillus de Lellis ranks 4. Before him are El Greco, Elizabeth Báthory, and Lavinia Fontana. After him are Luís Vaz de Torres, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Mavro Orbini, Marina Mniszech, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Isaac Casaubon, and Man Singh I.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Camillus de Lellis ranks 715 out of 5,161. Before him are Titus Tatius (-800), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), Publius Quinctilius Varus (-46), Cosima Wagner (1837), Donatella Versace (1955), and Beatrice Portinari (1265). After him are Nicola Porpora (1686), Francesco Totti (1976), Silvio Piola (1913), Olybrius (400), Charles II of Naples (1254), and Manfred, King of Sicily (1232).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Camillus de Lellis ranks 253. Before him are Pope Stephen V (850), Paul the Deacon (720), Francis of Paola (1416), Saint Rosalia (1130), Pope Donus (610), and Beatrice Portinari (1265). After him are Jacobus da Varagine (1228), Angela Merici (1474), Peter Lombard (1096), Tarcisius (263), Saint Eustace (10), and Scholastica (480).

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