Christian Feast Day: Cornelius the Centurion

Cornelius the Centurion

First Gentile to convert to Christianity

Cornelius 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. The baptism of Cornelius is an important event in the history of the early Christian church. He may have belonged to the gens…