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Cornelius
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
A centurion of the Italic cohort, converted at Cæsarea (Acts 10). His baptism was an important event, as it was the first case of an uncircumcised Gentile being received into the Church without submitting to the Jewish ceremonial laws.
see also: patron saints index
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Entry for 'Cornelius'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/c/cornelius.html. 1910.