Camillus

The name Camillus has multiple uses

Ancient Rome

• 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.

• 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.

Catholic Saint

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

• Camillus House provides humanitarian services in Miami, Florida.

American History

• Camillus was the nom de plume of Alexander Hamilton, used in a series of papers entitled Defense of the Treaty published in 1795.

Geography

• Town of Camillus is located Onondaga County, New York, just west of Syracuse. This and many of the other towns in Onondaga county were given Roman names.

• The Village of Camillus is located within the town of Camillus.

Knives

• The Camillus Cutlery Company manufactures knives in the Village of Camillus.