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Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius [ 1 ] or Cornelis . Nel, Nele, Nelly, Corey, Cornie, Lia, or Nelia can be used as a shortened version of Cornelia.
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, by Noël Hallé (1779, Musée Fabre). It is important to note that M. I. Finely advances the argument that "the exclusion of women from any direct participation in political or governmental activity" [6] was a normal practice in Ancient Roman society.
Cornelia, Missouri, an unincorporated community Cornelia, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community Cornelia Street, a street in Greenwich Village , Manhattan, New York City
Cornelia is a town on the R103 road in the Free State province of South Africa. J.D. Odendaal bought the farm "Sugarloaf" (known as Tafelkop ) for a sum of R2,000. They settled there in 1876.
The gens Cornelia was one of the greatest patrician houses at ancient Rome. [1] For more than seven hundred years, from the early decades of the Republic to the third century AD, the Cornelii produced more eminent statesmen and generals than any other gens .
Cornelia is a city in Habersham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,160 at the 2010 census, [ 6 ] up from 3,674 at the 2000 census. It is home to one of the world's largest apple sculptures , which is displayed on top of an obelisk-shaped monument.
Suetonius reports that Caesar and Cornelia were married in the consulate occurring after Caesar lost his father, which occurred in his sixteenth year. [1] In Suetonius' chronology, Caesar was born in 100 BC, placing the death of his father in 85 or 84.
Cornelia Connelly, SHCJ (née Cornelia Peacock; January 15, 1809 – April 18, 1879) was an American-born educator who was the foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, a Catholic religious institute. In 1846, she founded the first of many Holy Child schools, in England.