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
Holy Lance
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The Holy Lance, also known as the Spear of Longinus, the Spear of Destiny, or the Holy Spear, is the lance that pierced the side of Jesus as he hung on the cross during his crucifixion. As with other
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…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…
Fresco by Fra Angelico, Dominican monastery at San Marco, Florence, showing the lance piercing the side of Jesus on the cross (c. 1440)
Miniature of the Crucifixion from the Rabula Gospels. "Loginos" is depicted piercing the right side of Jesus with a spear.
Tomb of Pope Innocent VIII, with a bronze effigy of the pope holding the spear blade he received by Sultan Bayezid II
Statue of Saint Longinus at Saint Peter's Basilica