Longinus
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Longinus is the name given to the unknown Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a lance, who in medieval and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity. His
Statue of Saint Longinus by Bernini in Saint Peter's Basilica
Illustration from the Rabbula Gospels, AD 586: Longinus is labelled "ΛΟΓΙΝΟϹ".
Longinus the Centurion. Russian icon by Fyodor Zubov, 1680
Longinus depicted in the Nea Moni Church, Chios, Greece
Five Holy Wounds
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In Catholic tradition, the Five Holy Wounds, also known as the Five Sacred Wounds or the Five Precious Wounds, are the five piercing wounds that Jesus Christ suffered during his crucifixion. The wound
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…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. This person, unnamed in the Gospels, is further identified in some versions of the story as the centurion present at the Crucifixion, who…
Christ after his Resurrection, with the ostentatio vulnerum, showing his wounds, Austria, c. 1500
Alphonsus kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament, Carlow Cathedral.
Sister Mary Martha Chambon
Flag of Portugal; the white dots inside the blue shields represent the Holy Wounds