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3 unusual facts about Camillus de Lellis


Camillus de Lellis

He was ordained on Pentecost of 1584 by Lord Thomas Goldwell, Bishop of St Asaph, Wales, and the last surviving Catholic bishop of Great Britain.

Silvio de Lellis

He was the second son of Baron de Lellis, a descendant of the family which gave birth to St Camillus de Lellis, in the 16th century.

Torso Fragment

The other two works are a commissioned fictional bust of the patron saint of nurses, St. Camillus de Lellis installed in the School of Nursing and another bust, of Dr. Joseph T. Taylor, the first dean of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.



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