Longinus
Roman soldier, and saint, who pierced the side of Jesus · Italy · Writers · Lived 100 to 100 · aged 0
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Something wrong?The Roman soldier who stabbed Jesus on the cross, then - depending on which medieval text you read - looked up and declared him divine. The lance became a relic. The man became a saint.
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1396 - Ancient Roman inscription - Museo Archeologico, Cagliari - Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto, November 11 2016.jpg?width=1200)
Bowyer Bible print 4085 The Crucifixion Matthew 27 48 Füssli engraved by Harder (37072)
Bowyer Bible print 5598 Jesus is pierced John 19 31-34 Mortier’s Bible
Bowyer Bible print 5617Jesus dies John 19 29-30 De Hooghe
Bowyer Bible print 5620 Jesus is pierced John 19 31-34 Passeri
Bowyer Bible print 5621 Jesus is pierced John 19 31-34 after Rubens
Bowyer Bible print 5622 Jesus is pierced John 19 31-34 CallotIn their own words 1
, So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, "Truly this Man was the Son of God!
About this person
The Gospels don't name him. The apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus does: Longinus. Some versions fold him together with the centurion who spoke at the Crucifixion, the one who called Jesus the son of God - making him one of Rome's first converts on the spot. What began as a spear thrust recorded in the Gospel of John grew across centuries into full conversion legend. The lance he carried became the Holy Lance in Catholic tradition, credited with opening the last of Christ's Five Holy Wounds. By the Middle Ages the story had hardened into veneration: Longinus was claimed as a saint across the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and other Christian communions.
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