Cornelius ☧

🗓️ Feb 2nd

Cornelius was a centurion of the Cohors II Italica Civium Romanorum mentioned in Acts 10. He and his family were the first gentile converts to Christianity (the Ethiopian eunuch’s religious status is unclear), and oral tradition holds that he became the first bishop of Caesarea, the capital of the Roman Province of Judea.

Mandatory Fun:

• Acts 10

• God is a Grunt, chapter 5

• Day Six of #12saints12days

• For God and Country (in that order), page 48

• Simeon Metaphrastes composed an Acta Cornelius that was translated to Latin by Jacques Paul Migne, then translated to English at the TRNG Room.

• Acts 10 Liturgy for Christian soldiers