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title: "St. Camillus de Lellis: Feast Day July 18 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-camillus-de-lellis/
description: "St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest, patron of nurses, hospitals, and the sick. Remembered on July 18, died 1614. Read their life in Bless."
---

Priest · Remembered on July 18

# St. Camillus de Lellis

St. Camillus de Lellis is remembered on July 18 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of nurses, hospitals, and the sick.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [July 18](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/#18) |
| Title | Priest |
| Died | 1614 |
| Patron of | [nurses](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#nurses), [hospitals](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#hospitals), [the sick](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#sick) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, July 18, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-camillus-de-lellis/#calendar) |

## Life

A six-foot-six soldier and compulsive gambler who lost everything he owned, was converted while working as a builder’s laborer, and — refused by the Capuchins for a diseased leg — turned to the hospitals whose neglect he knew as a patient. His Ministers of the Sick took a fourth vow: to serve even the plague-stricken. He invented the red cross on the habit and the field ambulance.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Camillus de Lellis as patron of nurses, hospitals, and the sick.

[Nurses](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#nurses) [Hospitals](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#hospitals) [Sick](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#sick)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Agatha](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-agatha/) nurses · February 5
- [St. John of God](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-god/) nurses · March 8
- [St. Catherine of Siena](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/) nurses · April 29
- [St. Bernadette Soubirous](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bernadette-soubirous/) the sick · April 16

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Camillus de Lellis. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Sunday, July 18, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/18/) | Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | Jeremiah 23:1-6 · Psalm 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6 · Ephesians 2:13-18 · John 10:27 · Mark 6:30-34 |
| [Tuesday, July 18, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/18/) | Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Isaiah 7:1-9 · Psalm 48:2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, 7-8 · Psalm 95:8 · Matthew 11:20-24 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[July 17 Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne](https://blessbible.app/saints/carmelite-martyrs-of-compiegne/) [July 19 St. Macrina the Younger](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-macrina-the-younger/)

[All the saints of July](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/) [Born on July 18?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#07-18) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Camillus de Lellis

Remembered on July 18

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-camillus-de-lellis/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-camillus-de-lellis/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-camillus-de-lellis/#calendar)

In the app

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