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Like the story of Saul's conversion, two visionary experiences are involved in the story of Cornelius, each confirming the other. [6] While Peter remained in Joppa (9:43), the focus moves to Caesarea, 32 miles (51 km) north up the coast, to a Roman called Cornelius, belonging to the 'non-commissioned officer class who were the backbone of the Roman army', the 'Italian Cohort' (10:1). [6]
The Peter Cornelius Archive is an extensive collection maintained by the Mainz City Library , consisting of the composer’s personal items, documents, and musical works. It includes around 50 original music manuscripts, 58 notebooks with diaries, sketches, and poems, personal memorabilia like death masks, and over 2,600 letters.
Gunlöd is an opera in three acts by composer Peter Cornelius. [1] Cornelius also authored the work's libretto which is based on the story of Hávamál in the version found in the Edda , a literary work from Medieval Iceland which details Old Norse legends. [ 2 ]
Cornelius (Greek: Κορνήλιος, romanized: Kornḗlios; Latin: Cornelius; fl. 1st century AD) was a Roman centurion who is considered by some Christians to be the first Gentile to convert to the faith, as related in Acts of the Apostles (see Ethiopian eunuch for the competing tradition). The baptism of Cornelius is an important event in ...
Peter's vision of a sheet with animals, the vision painted by Domenico Fetti (1619) Illustration from Treasures of the Bible by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1894. According to the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 10, Saint Peter had a vision of a vessel (Greek: σκεῦος, skeuos; "a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners") full of animals being ...
Three years ago, 16-year-old Cornelius Foster Jr. was killed in a shooting that, according to court testimony, stemmed from a feud between neighborhood gangs.. Foster was an aspiring rapper known ...
Peter Cornelius (born 29 January 1951 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian singer-songwriter of Austropop, [1] guitarist, and a former member of Enigma. Discography
"The Three Kings", [1] or "Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar", is a Christmas carol by the German composer Peter Cornelius. He set "Die Könige" for a vocal soloist, accompanied by Philip Nicolai's hymn "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" ("How Brightly Shines the Morning Star"), which he erroneously thought was an Epiphany hymn.