StCorneliusChapel.GovernorsIsland.NY.JimHenderson.800 Published February 7, 2013 at 800 × 600 in Evening Prayer 2.7.13: Cornelius the Centurion, 1st Gentile Convert to the Faith ← Previous St. Cornelius Chapel, Governors Island, New York. The island was once a military post, so the chapel was named for the leading commander-saint. (Jim Henderson)