RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Camillus de Lellis

1550 - 1614

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Camillus de Lellis, M.I., (25 May 1550 – 14 July 1614) was a Roman 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Camillus de Lellis has received more than 333,800 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Camillus de Lellis is the 583rd most popular religious figure (down from 564th in 2019), the 688th most popular biography from Italy (down from 662nd in 2019) and the 235th 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 583 out of 3,187. Before him are Rabanus Maurus, Dōgen, Yasuke, Hugues de Payens, Francis of Paola, and Muadh ibn Jabal. After him are Anna the Prophetess, Edward the Confessor, Umm Kulthum bint Ali, Ansgar, Marcel Lefebvre, and Joseph of Cupertino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Camillus de Lellis ranks 7. Before him are Safiye Sultan, Charles IX of France, John Napier, Willem Barentsz, Charles IX of Sweden, and Henry I, Duke of Guise. After him are Jang-geum, John Davis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Stanislaus Kostka, Karin Månsdotter, and Giorgio Basta. Among people deceased in 1614, Camillus de Lellis ranks 4. Before him are El Greco, Elizabeth Báthory, and Lavinia Fontana. After him are Mavro Orbini, Marina Mniszech, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Luís Vaz de Torres, François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, and Man Singh I.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Camillus de Lellis ranks 688 out of 5,161. Before him are Eugenio Montale (1896), Francesco Totti (1976), Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Dario Argento (1940), Francis of Paola (1416), and Conrad of Montferrat (1146). After him are Dino Buzzati (1906), Pisanello (1395), Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1562), Joseph of Cupertino (1603), Agathocles of Syracuse (-361), and Nicola Pisano (1225).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Camillus de Lellis ranks 235. Before him are Pope Telesphorus (100), Pope John XIII (930), Paul the Deacon (720), Pope Donus (610), Pope Romanus (850), and Francis of Paola (1416). After him are Joseph of Cupertino (1603), Pope Marcellinus (250), Pope Stephen V (850), Pope Theodore II (840), Angela Merici (1474), and Giulia Farnese (1474).

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