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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.


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


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


Camillus House[?] provides humanitarian services in Miami, Florida.


The Camillus Cutlery Company[?] makes knives.



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