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, 00480), *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 Martyrdom of *Longinos (centurion at the Crucifixion, S00926), recounts the story of the centurion who attended the crucifixion of Christ. Retiring to Cappadocia, 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 in Greek, probably in Cappadocia, or perhaps in Palestine, possibly in the 6th or 7th century. | 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 6th century or later. | 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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