Definition of "Cornelius"

There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Acts 10:1-2

The intern will not call me 'Cornelius―(in fact, that dowdy old name isn't my actual name nor, at the present time, my nom de guerre)―but 'Dr. Hinton*―or 'sir'―will do.

2014, Joyce Carol Oates, Carthage, Fourth Estate, page 213