Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis, 1550-1614; born in Bocchianico, Italy; fought for the Venetians against the Turks; became a Capuchin novice, but was unable to make profession due to a diseased leg; cared for the sick, and became director of St. Giacomo Hospital in Rome; founded the Ministers of the Sick; attended the plague-stricken aboard ships in Rome's harbor and in Rome; sent members of his order to minister to wounded troops in Hungary and Croatia, the first field medical unit; died after a long illness in 1614