Patron saints: Hospitals

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Camillus de Lellis

Hospitals

Sick people and hospitals: Leo XIII, 1886; healthcare personnel: Pius XI, 1930; Italian military health services: Paul VI, 1974.

Catherine of Genoa

Hospitals

Secondary patron of Italian hospitals.

Elizabeth of Hungary

Hospitals

patronage: Hospitals, nurses and Secular Franciscans (Franciscan Mission Associates attestation).

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