 And today is the optional memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis. He was born in 1550 at Bucciano, Italy. He fought for the Venetians against the Turks, was addicted to gambling, and by 1574 he was penniless in Naples. He became a Capuchin novice but was unable to be professed because of a diseased leg he contracted while fighting the Turks.