Faithful seek to draw strength from 400-year-old heart

MANY old and sick people came to look at a big man’s heart in the Mater Hospital in Dublin yesterday hoping to draw strength from it.

The heart belongs to St Camillus, patron saint of the sick and those who care for them. It was taken from his body almost 400 years ago because people believed it was full of love.

Veneration of the relic, normally kept in Rome, is part of the celebration to mark the 75th anniversary of the Camillian Order arriving in Ireland.