Saint Longinus (Bernini)
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Saint Longinus is a saint honored by a sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Completed in 1638, the marble sculpture sits in the north-eastern niche in the crossing of St. Peter's Basi
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Old Centaur teased by Eros (or Centauro Borghese), Louvre
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
Saint Longinus (Bernini)
…Longinus experiences his spiritual awakening. His face looks up towards the sky with a partially open mouth to indicate his spiritual awakening. The Holy Lance is thrust to the side and his armor and military apparatus lay behind him, a symbol of his revocation of his career as a Roman soldier. Longinus, with…
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