Camillus

In ancient Rome, a camillus (fem. camilla) was an acolyte in various rituals. If the camillus was a child of the cult's officiant (as often happened), the child had to be free-born, under the age of puberty, and both parents had to be alive.

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Camillus was a Roman cognomen derived from the general term, most famously used by Marcus Furius Camillus, and by other members of the gens Furia.

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St. Camillus de Lellis, a patron saint of nurses, established a hospital in Rome in the 1500s.

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Camillus is a small town in New York named for the famous Roman.

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Camillus House provides humanitarian services in Miami, Florida.

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The Camillus Cutlery Company makes knives.