Marcellus

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Marcellus (martial)^[1] may refer to:

In geography:

• Marcellus, Michigan
• Marcellus (town), New York
• Marcellus (village), New York
• Marcellus, Lot-et-Garonne, France

• Nawoon Marcellus, elected official of the Chamber of Deputies of Haïti from 2001 until

In Christianity:

• Marcellus of Ancyra (d. c. 374), bishop
• Pope Marcellus I, saint
• Pope Marcellus II, Italian pope
• Marcellus of Tangier (Marcellus the Centurion), martyr
• Pseudo-Marcellus, author of the Passio sanctorum Petri et Pauli

In music:

• John Marcellus, world-renowned trombone virtuoso and teacher
• Marcellus Hall, artist and musician

In Roman history:

• Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, Roman consul in 50 BC
• Marcellus Empiricus, Latin medical writer
• Nonius Marcellus, Latin grammarian and lexicographer
• A number of men named Marcus Claudius Marcellus, including:
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 287 BC)
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus (ca. 268 BC-208 BC), general in the Second Punic War
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 196 BC), son of the last
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 166 BC) (died ca. 148 BC), consul before and during the Third Punic War
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 51 BC), opponent of Julius Caesar
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus (Julio-Claudian dynasty) (42-23 BC), nephew and son-in-law of the Emperor Augustus
  • Several people named Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus
• Ulpius Marcellus, Roman governor and general
• Marcellus Orontius, 3rd century neoplatonist and disciple of Plotinus

In other fields:

• Marcellus (Hamlet), minor character in Hamlet
• Cassius Marcellus Clay (Muhammad Ali), 20th Century American boxer
• Marcellus Stearns, American politician

[edit] See Also

• Marsalis (disambiguation), a family of American musicians

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