Name
Longinos/Longinus, centurion at the Crucifixion
Saint ID
S00926
Reported Death Not Before
33
Reported Death Not After
100
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Other New Testament saints, Bishops , Converts, Martyrs, Soldiers
| ID | Title | E01834 | Four Greek building inscriptions for metata (transit camps) named after military saints: *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023), *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), *Longinos (centurion at the Crucifixion, S00926), *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), and *Michael (the Archangel, S00181). Found in various locations in north and central Syria. One undated; three dated: 468/477, 524/525, and 526. | E02617 | Two labelled capitals showing *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), and *Longinos (centurion at the Crucifixion, S00926), and unspecified *Archangels. Found at 'Aila near modern 'Aqaba, at the north end of the Gulf of 'Aqaba (Roman province of Palaestina III). Probably 6th-7th c. | E03277 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 17 July in the village of Bethany the deposition of the relics of *Longinos (centurion at the Crucifixion, S00926) and his companions in martyrdom. | E03641 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 11 February *Longinos (centurion at the Crucifixion, S00926), Photios (unidentified), *Agapios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00188) and his companions, and possibly *Blaisiois (bishop and martyr of Armenian Sebaste, S01360). | E03803 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 17 July *Longinos (centurion at the Crucifixion, S00926) and his companions in martyrdom and *Athenogenes (bishop and martyr of Pedachthoe, S00065). | E03896 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 15 October *John the Baptist (S00020), *Isaiah (Old Testament prophet, S00282), *Ezekiel (Old Testament prophet, S01493), *Daniel (the Old Testament prophet, S00727), *Joseph (Old Testament patriarch, S00277), the *Three Hebrew Youths (of the Old Testament Book of Daniel, S01198), *Ioulianos/Julianus (probably the martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt, S00305), and *Longinos (centurion at the Crucifixion, S00926). | E04995 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 23 October. | E05027 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 22 November. | E06102 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Longinos (centurion at the Crucifixion, S00926), recounts the story of the centurion who attended the crucifixion of Christ; retiring to Cappadocia (central Asia Minor), he was martyred and his head sent to Jerusalem where it was miraculously found by a blind widow; his body and the recovered head are buried at the village of Sandralis in Cappadocia. A pseudepigraphal postscript claims that the text is by Hesychius of Jerusalem. Written probably in Cappadocia, or perhaps in Palestine, possibly in the 6th or 7th c. | E06103 | The Encomium on *Longinos (centurion at the Crucifixion, S00926), misattributed to Hesychius of Jerusalem, recounts the legend of the centurion who attended the crucifixion of Christ; initially tortured under king Herod of Judaea for confessing the newly-born Christ as God, he lived till Christ’s crucifixion, and attended it; he was martyred at the village of Andralis near Tyana in Cappadocia (central Asia Minor), where his shrine was founded after the recovery of his head from Jerusalem by a widow. Written in Greek, probably in Cappadocia, or perhaps in Palestine, possibly in the 7th c. | E06482 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Praeiectus (bishop and martyr of Clermont, ob. 676, S02425) records the saint's life, martyrdom (alongside his companion *Amarinus, abbot and martyr of Clermont, S03021) and miracles. Written probably at or near Clermont (central Gaul), c. 680/700. | E07065 | Clay stamp bearing an image and Greek inscription, in mirror writing, of *Longinos (centurion of the Crucifixion, S00926) identified by the epithet Kreneus (‘of the fountain?’). Found during archaeological excavations at Chersonesus/Cherson (north Black Sea); 6th century. |
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