Longinus

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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“δεῖ γὰρ αὐτοῖς ὡς κέντρου πολλάκις οὕτω δὲ καὶ χαλινοῦ.”
“τεθόλωται γὰρ τῇ φράσει καὶ τεθορύβηται ταῖς φαντασίαις μᾶλλον ἢ δεδείνωται, κἂν ἕκαστον αὐτῶν πρὸς αὐγὰς ἀνασκοπῇς, ἐκ τοῦ φοβεροῦ κατ᾿ ὀλίγον ὑπονοστεῖ πρὸς τὸ εὐκαταφρόνητον.”
“πολλαχοῦ γὰρ ἐνθουσιᾶν ἑαυτοῖς δοκοῦντες οὐ βακχεύουσιν, ἀλλὰ παίζουσιν.”
“φύσει γὰρ ἅπαντες οἱ μεγέθους ἐφιέμενοι, φεύγοντες ἀσθενείας καὶ ξηρότητος κατάγνωσιν, οὐκ οἶδ᾿ ὅπως ἐπὶ τοῦθ᾿ ὑποφέρονται, πειθόμενοι τῷ "μεγάλων ἀπολισθαίνειν ὅμως εὐγενὲς ἁμάρτημα".”
“οὐδὲν ὑπάρχει μέγα οὗ τὸ καταφρονεῖν ἐστι μέγα, οἷον πλοῦτοι τιμαὶ δόξαι τυραννίδες καὶ ὅσα δὴ ἄλλα ἔχει πολὺ τὸ ἔξωθεν προστραγῳδούμενον οὐκ ἂν τῷ γε φρονίμῳ δόξειεν ἀγαθὰ ὑπερβάλλοντα ὧν αὐτὸ τὸ περιφρονεῖν ἀγαθὸν οὐ μέτριον—θαυμάζουσι γοῦν τῶν ἐχόντων αὐτὰ μᾶλλον τοὺς δυναμένους ἔχειν καὶ διὰ μεγαλοψυχίαν ὑπερορῶντας.”
“ὕψος μεγαλοφροσύνης ἀπήχημα.”

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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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Image: 0 Statue de Saint Longin par Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Basilique St-Pierre - Vatican.jpg

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Commons category: Saint Longinus
date of death: 0100-01-01
date of birth: 0100-00-00
floruit: 0100-00-00

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This person, unnamed in the Gospels, is further identified in some versions of the story as the centurion present at the Crucifixion, who said that Jesus was the son of God, so he is considered as one of the first Christians and Roman converts. Longinus's legend grew over the years to the point that he was said to have converted to Christianity after the Crucifixion, and he is traditionally venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and several other Christian communions.