Scapular of Help of the Sick

The Scapular of Help of the Sick is a Roman Catholic devotional scapular originating in 1860.[1]

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In the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Rome, there is a picture of the Blessed Virgin Mary which is specially venerated under the title of Help of the Sick. This picture is said to have been painted by the celebrated Dominican painter, Fra Angelico and before it Pope Pius V is said to have prayed for the victory of the Christian fleet during the Battle of Lepanto (1571). This picture suggested to a brother of the Order of Saint Camillus de Lellis, Ferdinand Vicari, the idea of founding a confraternity under the invocation of the Virgin Mary for the poor sick. The confraternity was canonically erected in the above-mentioned church in 1860.

The scapular is black and the front has an image of the above picture of the Virgin Mary and at her feet St. Joseph and St. Camillus, the two other patrons of the sick and of the confraternity. The other side has a little red cloth cross. Indulgences were granted by Popes Pius IX and Leo XIII in 1860 and 1883; these were last ratified by the Congregation for Indulgences, 21 July 1883.

See also

Notes
  1. Peter Stravinskas, 1998, OSV's Catholic Encyclopedia ISBN 978-0-87973-669-9 page 900

Sources
  • Catholic Encyclopedia

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