Cornelius the Centurion, the first Gentile converted to The Way

 Behold and tend this vine, preserve what your right hand has planted.
Psalm 80:14  

According to The Acts of the Apostles, chapters 10 & 11,  Cornelius was a Roman centurion who was converted to the new faith  in response to the preaching of the Apostle Paul. The experience of Cornelius’ household was seen as a new Pentecost, which had  huge ramifications for the future of Christianity. It was "a primary precedent for the momentous decision of the apostolic council, held in Jerusalem a number of years later, to admit Gentiles to full and equal partnership with Jewish converts in the household of faith. According to tradition, Cornelius was the second Bishop of Caesarea, the metropolitan see of Palestine. "(from Holy Men, Holy Women...)