A Soldier Surrenders: The Conversion of St. Camillus de Lellis — A Novel

This book recounts the story of the dramatic conversion and inspiring goodness of the soldier Camillus de Lellis who lived in the late 1500s and who became the founder of the religious orders known then as “Ministers of the Sick,” now called the “Hospitallers.” The life of St. Camillus contains an intriguing combination of drama, military battles, sickness and disease, conversion to God, and great charity for countless suffering people, be they dying soldiers, prisoners, or patients in the hospitals that he founded.

Paperback 190 pages