Patronage
Patron Saint of Health Care Workers
The Catholic Church venerates St. Camillus de Lellis as the patron saint of health care workers. Patron saints are heavenly intercessors — believers entrust a place, profession, or struggle to a saint whose own life touched it, and ask for their prayers before God.
St. Camillus de Lellis
Feast: July 14“St. Camillus de Lellis founded the Order of Servants of the Sick, revolutionizing hospital care.”
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