Saint Camillus de Lellis performing a miracle on a man on crutches. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.

  • Klauber, Joseph Sebastian, approximately 1700-1768.
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17574i
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Saint Camillus de Lellis was canonised by Benedict XIV in 1746, declared (along with St. John of God) the patron of the sick and hospitals by Leo XIII in 1886, later by Pius XI in 1930 their patronage was extended to include nurses and nursing in the catholic faith

Saint Camillus was the founder of the Order of Camillians or the Order of Clerics Regular, servants of the sick

Publication/Creation

A[ugustae] V[indelicorum] [Augsburg] : Klauber Cath. C[um] p[rivilegio] s[uae] C[aesareae] M[ajestatis]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving

Lettering

Crurifragio laborans, iam Extectori supposite,... extemplo incolumis eripitur. ... Klauber Cath. sc. et exc. A.V. Lettering continues with quotes from the Bible Bears number: 8

Reference

Wellcome Collection 17574i

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