Patron saints
Who Is the Patron Saint of The Sick?
Saint Camillus de Lellis · Feast day July 14
The patron saint of the sick is Saint Camillus de Lellis, whose feast day is July 14.
Who was Saint Camillus de Lellis?
Saint Camillus de Lellis was a former soldier and gambler who, after his conversion, devoted his life to caring for the sick and dying, founding an order to serve in hospitals and on battlefields with tenderness and skill.
Why the patron of the sick?
As the founder of the care of the sick, he is the patron of the sick, of nurses, and of hospitals, together with Saint John of God.
In the Word
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.Matthew 25:36 (KJV)
A note for all traditions: patron saints are honored in the Catholic and Orthodox churches as examples of faith and as friends who pray with us, never worshiped, for worship belongs to God alone. Many Protestant Christians honor the saints as examples without asking their intercession. Across all traditions, there is one Lord and one mediator between God and us, the man Christ Jesus, and every one of us, not only the saints, is called to holiness and to him.
All the saints point to Jesus, and so are you called
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