CICATELLI, SANZIO. - Born in Naples in 1570, died there on 29 June 1627. Received at the age of nineteen by Camillo de Lellis (v.) into his Company, begun in 1584, he was among the first professed members of the order of the Ministers of the Sick (v.), on 8 December 1591 in Rome. For 25 years he was a companion of the Saint in his labors and in governance, and he succeeded him as the third general of the Order (1619-25).

A learned and pious priest, he faithfully kept note of what he observed and gathered from eyewitnesses, preserving what was worthy of remembrance concerning the person of the founder and his foundation. Thus at the death of Camillo (14 July 1614), C. had ready the manuscript of his life, which appeared in print the following year (1615) in Viterbo. In the 12 years he survived him he prepared two other editions (1620 and 1624), while the last (1627), prepared on the basis of the apostolic processes and published after C.'s death, was probably interpolated. The life of Fr. Camillo by C. met with wide favor and remains, in the genuine editions, a document of great importance also for the history of the hospitals of the time.

Bibliography

BIBL.: M. Vanti, Storia dell'Ordine dei Ministri degli infermi, II, Rome 1944, pp. 173-314.

Mario Vanti

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