thumb|Illustration from the Rabbula Gospels, AD 586: Longinus is labelled "". Longinus (Greek: Λογγίνος) is the name of a Roman soldier who supposedly pierced the side of Jesus with a lance, who in apostolic and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity. His name first appeared in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. The lance is called in Catholic Christianity the "Holy Lance" (lancea) and the story is related in the Gospel of John during the Crucifixion. This act is said to have created the last of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ.
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- Aristotle in twenty-three volumes
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Longinus the Centurion
- Saint.birth_date
- 1st century
- Saint.death_date
- 1st century
- Saint.feast_day
- March 15: Roman Catholic Church (pre-1969) 16 October: Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches 22 October: Armenian Apostolic Church 14 November: Coptic Orthodox Church
- Saint.venerated_in
- Anglican CommunionEastern Orthodox ChurchOriental OrthodoxyCatholic Church
- Saint.image
- Bernini Hl. Longinus Petersdom.jpg
- Saint.caption
- Statue of Saint Longinus by Bernini in Saint Peter's Basilica
- Saint.birth_place
- Sandiale or Sandrales of Cappadocia
- Saint.death_place
- Mantua, Italy, Roman Empire
- Saint.attributes
- Military attire, lance
- Saint.patronage
- military personnel, the blind
- Saint.major_shrine
- Inside St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Lanciano
- Place of death
- Mantua
- Occupation
- writer
- Military rank
- centurion
- Image
- 0 Statue de Saint Longin par Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Basilique St-Pierre - Vatican.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saint Longinus
- canonization status
- saint
- date of death
- 0100-01-01
- date of birth
- 0100-00-00
- time period
- Roman Empire
- cause of death
- decapitation
- owner of
- Holy Lance
- different from
- Cassius Longinus
- floruit
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- feast day
- November 14
- military unit
- Legio X Fretensis
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