About Longinus
Longinus is the name given to the unknown Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a lance, who in mediaeval 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.
Notable works:
Longinus On the Sublime; the Greek text edited after the Paris manuscript, with introduction, translation, facsimiles and appendices, by W. Rhys Roberts
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