RELIC OF SAINT CAMILLE DE LELLIS
RELIC OF SAINT CAMILLE DE LELLIS
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Rare silver-plated bronze reliquary with a glass facade, containing the first class relic Ex Praecordiis of Saint Camillus de Lellis.
The relic is fixed with a gold leaf in the shape of a sun, on a purple silk background. The relic is identified in Latin on a handwritten label as: Ex Praecordiis S: Camilli de Lellis (from the entrails of Saint Camillus de Lellis)
Good used condition with its original glass.
Not opened.
Ecclesiastical seal and silk threads present.
PERIOD : 18th century
DIMENSIONS : 4 cm X 3.5 cm
SIZE : 1.6" X 1.2"
Saint Camillus de Lellis (1550–1614) was an Italian priest known for his devotion to the sick and the poor. Born in Italy, he lived a tumultuous youth marked by gambling and military life, before converting after a profound spiritual experience. Touched by the suffering of the sick, he founded the Order of Camillians , whose mission is to care for patients with compassion, considering each act of care as a sacred service. He introduced the idea that hospitals should be places of love and charity, and not simply places of treatment. His motto, "more heart in these hands" , embodies his humane and empathetic approach to care. Saint Camillus is the patron saint of nurses and hospitals, celebrated for having transformed the standards of hospital care in Europe.
