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Order of the Servants of the Sick

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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A religious order founded at Rome in 1582 by Saint Camillus de Lellis to tend the plague-stricken and to minister to the sick in their homes. It was approved by Pope Sixtus V in 1586 and erected into an order by Pope Gregory XIV in 1591. The Order maintains a web site.

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Entry for 'Order of the Servants of the Sick'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​o/order-of-the-servants-of-the-sick.html. 1910.
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