Camillus

This article is about a position in ancient Roman religion. For the location in upstate New York, see Camillus, New York. For the knife company founded there, see Camillus Cutlery Company.

Sculpture of a camillus from the Capitoline Museums.

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 and under the age of puberty, and both parents had to be alive.

Camillus was also a cognomen derived from the general term, most famously used by Marcus Furius Camillus and by other members of the gens Furia.