Cornelius the Centurion
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first Gentile to convert to Christianity
Key facts
- Born
- unknown
- Died
- unknown
- Venerated in
- Roman Catholic Church , Eastern Orthodox Church , Anglican Communion , Armenian Apostolic Church
- Feast
- 20 October, 2 February, 4 February, 7 February, 13 September
- Attributes
- Roman military garb
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Religion
- Christianity
- Military branch
- Roman army
- Military rank
- centurion
- Image
- Baptism of cornelius.jpg
- Significant event
- baptism
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- Commons category
- Cornelius the centurion
- canonization status
- hieromartyr
- date of birth
- 0100-01-01
- date of death
- 0100-01-01
- time period
- Roman Empire
- feast day
- February 2
- gens
- Cornelia gens
- present in work
- Acts 10
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Cornelius (Greek: Κορνήλιος, romanized: Kornḗlios; Latin: Cornēlius [kɔrˈneː.li.ʊs]; fl. 1st century AD) was a Roman centurion who is considered by some Christians to be the first Gentile to convert to the faith, as related in Acts of the Apostles (see Ethiopian eunuch for the competing tradition). The baptism of Cornelius is an important event in the history of the early Christian church. He may have belonged to the gens Cornelia, a prominent Roman family.
Biblical account
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cornelius the Centurion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.