Sampson the Hospitable (Greek: Σαμψὼν ὁ φιλόξενος, Sampsón ho philóxenos; died c. 530 AD) was a citizen of Constantinople who devoted his time to serving the poor of the city.
[1] Sampson turned his home into a free clinic,[2] providing his patients with food and lodging as well as medical care.
He trained a staff to care for the large numbers coming to seek both medical and spiritual attention.
[3] "He moved to Constantinople, where he lived in a tiny house from which he distributed alms, comfort, advice, hope, medicine and all possible aid to those suffering in spirit and in body.
With the emperor's assistance, Samson founded the hospital, which became the largest free clinic in the empire and served the people of Constantinople for 600 years.