The Crucifix of St. Camillus de Lellis

In 1582, this crucifix comforted St. Camillus de Lellis with these words, "Take courage, faint-hearted one. Continue the work you have begun. I will be with you because it is My work." This work was the founding of an order of lay infirmarians, the Servants of the Sick, who cared for the sick as living images of Christ. St. Camillus himself took attention to every detail of the patient's bodily and spiritual needs and by doing so made up for the many sins of his youth.

The crucifix continues to be venerated in the Church of Mary Magdalene in Rome.