St. Camillus de Lellis
PASIG CITY - The heart relic of St. Camillus de Lellis, patron of the sick, arrived in the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of the Diocese of Pasig. The Camillian congregation took charge to make his relic available for public veneration in this pilgrimage to the Philippines. His life St. Camillus de Lellis was born at Bocchianico, Italy. He fought for the Venetians against the Turks, was addicted to gambling, and by 1574 was penniless in Naples. He became a Capuchin novice, but was unable to be professed because of a diseased leg he contracted while fighting the Turks. He devoted himself to caring for the sick, and became director of St. Giacomo Hospital in Rome. He received permission from his confessor (St. Philip Neri) to be ordained and decided, with two companions, to found his own congregation, the Ministers of the Sick (the Camellians), dedicated to the care of the sick. They ministered to the sick of Holy Ghost Hospital in Rome, enlarged their facilities in 1585, found...