The Basilica of San Camillo de Lellis () is a

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on Via Sallustiana,

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, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint

Camillus de Lellis Camillus de Lellis, M.I., (25 May 1550 – 14 July 1614) was a Catholic priest from Italy who founded the Camillians, a religious order dedicated to the care of the sick. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in the year 1742, and canoni ...

(1550–1614).

History

The church was built under

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, with construction (under the architect Tullio Passarelli) commencing in 1906Massimo Alemanno, 2004: ''Le chiese di Roma Moderna, vol. I'', Roma, Armando, , pp. 41ff. and the first stone being laid by Cardinal

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. It was consecrated and made a parochial church in 1910, granted to the Chierici Regolari Ministri degli Infermi, the Priest Ministers of the Sick, the order founded by Camillus. In 1965,

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elevated the church to the status of

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and it became the seat of the cardinal's title of S. Camilli de Lellis ad Hortus Sallustianos.GCatholic.org: Basilica of San Camillo de Lellis
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has been the cardinal protector since 2001.Catholic Hierarchy: San Camillo de Lellis
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Architecture

Exterior

The façade, by Passarelli, is in the

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style of

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. It is covered with red stone, with decorative elements in

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. Before it is a large staircase. There are three doorways, each with a lunette with bas-relief above. Over the central one is Christ presenting Saint Camillus to the Sick, to the sides are Christ between Children and The Pardon of the Adulteress. Between the two stories is a gallery decorated with symbols of the Evangelists. Adjacent to the church is the house of the Priest Ministers of the Sick.

Interior

The church has a Latin cross plan with three aisles divided by pillars that support arches. In a

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by the high altar is a statue of Saint Camillus by Alberto Galli, made in 1911. There is a side altar dedicated to the Blessed Virgin.

Cardinal Protectors

Pope Paul VI established it as titular church on 25 May 1965. * Paul Zoungrana, M.Afr. (25 May 1965 appointed – 4 June 2000 died) *

, (21 February 2001 appointed – present)

References

External links

*
Parocchia di San Camillo official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Camillo de Lellis, San Basilica churches in Rome Christian organizations established in 1910 Titular churches Churches completed in 1910 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy 1910 establishments in Italy Churches of Rome (rione Sallustiano)