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Longinus

Roman soldier, and saint, who pierced the side of Jesus

SaintAncient RomePre-congregation

Feast: 15 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

100

Died

100

Beatified

—

not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Longinus (Greek: Λογγίνος) 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 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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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources

Wikidata Q319947 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Longinus (CC BY-SA)

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