<Tr> <Th> Feast </Th> <Td> 2 February, 7 February, 13 September </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Attributes </Th> <Td> Roman military garb </Td> </Tr> <P> Cornelius (Greek: Κορνήλιος) was a Roman centurion who is considered by Christians to be one of the first Gentiles to convert to the faith, as related in Acts of the Apostles . </P> <P> Cornelius was a centurion in the Cohors II Italica Civium Romanorum, mentioned as Cohors Italica in the Vulgate . He was stationed in Caesarea, the capital of Roman Iudaea province . He is depicted in the New Testament as a God - fearing man who always prayed and was full of good works and deeds of alms . Cornelius receives a vision in which an angel of God tells him that his prayers have been heard, he understands that he's chosen for a higher alternative . The angel then instructs Cornelius to send the men of his household to Joppa, where they will find Simon Peter, who is residing with a tanner by the name of Simon (Acts 10: 5ff). </P>

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