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The spear used is known as the Holy Lance, and more recently, especially in occult circles, as the "Spear of Destiny", which was revered at Jerusalem by the sixth century, although neither the centurion nor the name "Longinus" were invoked in any surviving report. As the "Lance of Longinus", the spear figures in the legends of the Holy Grail.
Fresco by Fra Angelico, Dominican monastery at San Marco, Florence, showing the lance piercing the side of Jesus on the cross (c. 1440). The Holy Lance, also known as the Spear of Longinus (named after Saint Longinus), the Spear of Destiny, or the Holy Spear, is alleged to be the lance that pierced the side of Jesus as he hung on the cross during his crucifixion.
By the fifth century, churches began producing images of a crucified Jesus, Daprile said, and they, too, included symbolism, including Judas and a bag of coins, the centurion Longinus, the two ...
Martyr Longinus the Centurion who stood at the Cross of the Lord and at his Tomb (1st century) [1] [2] [3] [4]
Morions roam the streets in town from Holy Monday to Easter Sunday scaring the kids, or engaging in antics or surprises to draw attention. This is a folk-religious festival that re-enacts the story of Saint Longinus, a Roman centurion who was blind in one eye. The festival is characterized by colorful Roman costumes, painted masks and helmets ...
Gaius Cassius Longinus (Classical Latin: [ˈɡaːi.ʊs ˈkassi.ʊs ˈlɔŋɡɪnʊs]; c. 86 BC – 3 October 42 BC) was a Roman senator and general best known as a leading instigator of the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar on 15 March 44 BC.
Denarius of Lucius Cassius Longinus, 63 BC. The obverse depicts Vesta.On the reverse, a voter is casting a ballot inscribed V, for uti rogas ("as you propose"). Vesta and the voter are allusions to the election of Longinus Ravilla as prosecutor in the Vestals' scandal of 113.
Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla - consul; Quintus Cassius Longinus - quaestor; Gaius Cassius Longinus - tyrannicide; Lucius Cassius Longinus - three; two consuls, one proconsul; Cassius Parmensis - two; jurist and tyrannicide; Cassius Severus - orator; Cassius Chaerea - centurion; Lucius Artorius Castus - general in Britain, possible basis for ...