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The Holy Martyr Longinus the Centurion, a Roman soldier, served in Judea under the command of the Governor, Pontius Pilate. When our Savior Jesus Christ was crucified, it was the detachment of soldiers under the command of Longinus which stood watch on Golgotha, at the very foot of the holy Cross. Longinus and his soldiers were eyewitnesses of the final moments of the earthly life of the Lord, and of the great and awesome portents that appeared at His death. These events shook the centurion’s soul. Longinus believed in Christ and confessed before everyone, “Truly this was the Son of God” (Mt. 27:54).

According to Church Tradition, Longinus was the soldier who pierced the side of the Crucified Savior with a spear, and received healing from an eye affliction when blood and water poured forth from the wound.

After the Crucifixion and Burial of the Savior, Longinus stood watch with his company at the Sepulchre of the Lord. These soldiers were present at the All-Radiant Resurrection of Christ. The Jews bribed them to lie and say that Hi

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Who was Saint Longinus and what is his story?

The short answer

Saint Longinus was the name attributed to the Centurion who pieced Christ’s side with a spear, as recorded in the Gospels. Yet the exact details of his life vary depending on the account.

There are many famous characters whose names aren’t recorded in the New Testament but who we know about through tradition and other extra-Biblical sources. For example, the “woman at the well” who Jesus talks to, as recorded in John 4:4-30, is in fact the longest conversation that Christ has with any other person in the Bible, but her name isn’t listed there! She is remembered as St. Photini (or “Photine”, “Photina”, etc.) by church tradition, which is also where we get the details of her life following her encounter with Christ.

The story of St. Longinus

Jesus dies while a Centurion on horse looks on - 19th century engraving

Saint Longinus is the same sort of saint. “Longinus” is the name given to the Roman centurion who had been serving under Pontius Pilate, the governor who oversaw Christ’s execution, and was said to h

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Longinus

Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus

This article is about the Roman soldier. For other uses, see Longinus (disambiguation).

Longinus (Greek: Λογγίνος) is the name given to the unnamed 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.^[4] His name first appeared in the apocryphalGospel of Nicodemus.^[5] The lance is called in Christianity the "Holy Lance" (lancea) and the story is related in the Gospel of John during the Crucifixion.^[6] 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 said that Jesus was the son of God,^[7] so he is considered as one of the first Christians and Roman converts. Longinus' legend grew over the years to the point that he was said to have converted to Christianity after the Crucifixion, and he is traditionally venerated as