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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.
