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26-570: This person, unnamed in the Gospels , is further identified in some versions of the legend as the centurion present at the Crucifixion , who said that Jesus was the son of God, 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

52-599: A saint in the Roman Catholic Church , Eastern Orthodox Church , and several other Christian communions. No name for this soldier is given in the canonical Gospels; the name Longinus is instead found in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus . Longinus was not originally a saint in Christian tradition . An early tradition, found in a sixth or seventh century pseudepigraphal " Letter of Herod to Pilate ", claims that Longinus suffered for having pierced Jesus, and that he

78-665: A holy relic, a fragment of bone, of Saint Longinus. Longinus is venerated, generally as a martyr, in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Armenian Apostolic Church . His feast day is kept on 16 October in the Roman Martyrology , which mentions him, without any indication of martyrdom, in the following terms: "At Jerusalem, commemoration of Saint Longinus, who is venerated as

104-406: A new edition. 1748 saw the appearance of a revised edition by Pope Benedict XIV , who personally worked on the corrections: he suppressed some names, such as those of Clement of Alexandria and Sulpicius Severus , but kept others that had been objected to, such as that of Pope Siricius . Subsequent changes until the edition of 2001 were minor, involving some corrections, but mainly the addition of

130-534: Is recommended, but the reading may also be done otherwise: in seminaries and similar institutes, it has been traditional to read it after the main meal of the day. Prior to the Second Vatican Council , and where the 1962 liturgical books are used as authorised by Summorum Pontificum , the Martyrology is read at the canonical Hour of Prime . If the Martyrology is read in the post-Vatican II form, this

156-615: Is usually done after the concluding prayer of Lauds , the Hour that preceded Prime. If the Martyrology is read outside of the Liturgy of the Hours, as for instance in the refectory , the reading begins with the mention of the date, followed, optionally, by mention of the phase of the moon . Then the actual text of the Martyrology entry is read, ending with the versicle taken from Psalm 116 : Pretiosa in conspectu Domini – Mors Sanctorum eius ("Precious in

182-462: The Roman Martyrology authorises the recognition of saints in the following ways: Such commemorations in honour of a person who has only been beatified are only permitted in the diocese or religious order where the cult of that person is authorised, unless special permission is obtained from the Holy See . The entry for each date in the Martyrology is to be read on the previous day. Reading in choir

208-629: The Roman Rite liturgy , but dioceses, countries and religious institutes may add duly approved appendices to it. It provides an extensive but not exhaustive list of the saints recognized by the Church. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII decreed a revision of the Julian calendar , creating a new system, now called, after him, the Gregorian calendar . The Roman Martyrology was first published in 1583. A second edition

234-437: The 2001 edition and added 117 people canonized or beatified between 2001 and 2004, as well as a considerable number of ancient saints not included in the previous edition. "The updated Martyrology contains 7,000 saints and blesseds currently venerated by the Church, and whose cult is officially recognized and proposed to the faithful as models worthy of imitation." As an official list of recognised saints and beati, inclusion in

260-741: The Apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. There is no reliable authority for the Acts and martyrdom of this saint." The name is probably Latinized into a common cognomen of the Cassia gens , from the Greek lónchē ( λόγχη ), the word used for the spear mentioned in John 19:34 . It first appears lettered on an illumination of the Crucifixion beside the figure of the soldier holding a spear, written, perhaps contemporaneously, in horizontal Greek letters, LOGINOS (ΛΟΓΙΝΟϹ) , in

286-870: The Great Catholic parish church in Veli Lošinj . The Longinus cross (German: Longinuskreuz) is a special form of the Arma Christi cross, which occurs mainly in the Black Forest , but also occasionally in other regions of South Germany. In Brazil, Saint Longinus – in Portuguese , São Longuinho – is attributed the power of finding missing objects. The saint's aid is summoned by the chant: São Longuinho, São Longuinho, se eu achar [missing object], dou três pulinhos! (O Saint Longinus, Saint Longinus, if I find [missing object], I'll hop three times!) Folk tradition explains

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312-812: The Holy Lance is also conserved in the Basilica. Longinus and his legend are the subject of the Moriones Festival held during Holy Week on the island of Marinduque , the Philippines . Hagiographical fragments on St. Longinus from 11th–13th century found in Dubrovnik indicate his veneration in this area in Middle Ages. There is altarpiece St. Longinus and St. Gaudentius by an anonymous author from 17th century in St. Anthony

338-627: The Syriac gospel manuscript illuminated by a certain Rabulas in the year 586, in the Laurentian Library , Florence. 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",

364-562: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 392417533 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:50:13 GMT Roman Martyrology The Roman Martyrology ( Latin : Martyrologium Romanum ) is the official martyrology of the Catholic Church . Its use is obligatory in matters regarding

390-446: The association with missing objects with a tale from the saint's days in Rome. It is said he was of short stature and, as such, had unimpeded view of the underside of tables in crowded parties. Due to this, he would find and return objects dropped on the ground by the other attendants. Accounts vary regarding the promised offering of three hops, citing either deference to an alleged limping of

416-455: The names of newly canonized saints. The Second Vatican Council decreed: "The accounts of martyrdom or the lives of the saints are to accord with the facts of history." This required years of study, after which a fully revised edition of the Roman Martyrology was issued in Latin (entitled Martyrologium Romanum ) in 2001, followed in 2004 by a revision that corrected some typographical errors in

442-538: The saint or a plea to the Holy Trinity . Brazilian medium Chico Xavier wrote Brasil, Coração do Mundo, Pátria do Evangelho , a psychographic book of authorship attributed to the spirit of Humberto de Campos . In the book, Saint Longinus is claimed to have been reincarnated as Pedro II , the last Brazilian emperor. Unnamed people in the Bible Too Many Requests If you report this error to

468-464: The same form is used, but without the optional scripture reading. Reading of the Martyrology is completely omitted during the Paschal Triduum : Holy Thursday , Good Friday , and Holy Saturday (in which no saints of Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday are commemorated). On certain dates of the liturgical year, the Martyrology prescribes special announcements to be made before or after

494-451: The sight of the Lord – Is the death of his Saints"). A short Scripture reading may follow, which the reader concludes with Verbum Domini ("The word of the Lord"), to which those present respond: Deo gratias ("Thanks be to God"). A prayer, for which texts are given in the Martyrology, is recited, followed by a blessing and dismissal. If the Martyrology is read within the Liturgy of the Hours,

520-525: The soldier opening the side of the crucified Lord with a lance". The pre-1969 feast day in the Roman Rite is 15 March. The Eastern Orthodox Church commemorates him on 16 October. In the Armenian Apostolic Church, his feast is commemorated on 22 October. The statue of Saint Longinus , sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is one of four in the niches beneath the dome of Saint Peter's Basilica , Vatican City . A spearpoint fragment said to be from

546-577: The spear figures in the legends of the Holy Grail . Blindness or other eye problems are not mentioned until after the tenth century. Petrus Comestor was one of the first to add an eyesight problem to the legend and his text can be translated as "blind", "dim-sighted" or "weak-sighted". The Golden Legend says that he saw celestial signs before conversion and that his eye problems might have been caused by illness or age. The touch of Jesus's blood cures his eye problem: Christian legend has it that Longinus

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572-546: Was a blind Roman centurion who thrust the spear into Christ's side at the crucifixion. Some of Jesus's blood fell upon his eyes and he was healed. Upon this miracle Longinus believed in Jesus. The body of Longinus is said to have been lost twice, but discovered at Mantua , together with the Holy Sponge stained with Christ's blood, wherewith it was told—extending Longinus' role—that Longinus had assisted in cleansing Christ's body when it

598-509: Was condemned to a cave where every night a lion came and mauled him until dawn, after which his body healed back to normal, in a pattern that would repeat until the end of time. Later traditions turned him into a Christian convert, but as Sabine Baring-Gould observed: "The name of Longinus was not known to the Greeks previous to the patriarch Germanus , in 715. It was introduced among the Westerns from

624-448: Was originally based on calendars of Roman, African and Syrian provenance, but to which were gradually added names of many saints from other areas, resulting in a number of duplications, fusions of different saints into one, and other mistakes. Very soon, in 1586 and again in 1589, revised editions were published with corrections by Caesar Baronius along with indications of the sources on which he drew, and in 1630 Pope Urban VIII issued

650-738: Was published in the same year. The third edition, in 1584, was made obligatory wherever the Roman Rite was in use. The main source was the Martyrology of Usuard , completed by the Dialogues of Pope Gregory I and the works of some of the Fathers, and for the Greek saints by the catalogue known as the Menologion of Sirlet. Its origins can be traced back to the Martyrologium Hieronymianum , which

676-566: Was taken down from the cross. The relic enjoyed a revived cult in the late 13th century under the patronage of the Bonacolsi . The relics are said to have been divided and then distributed to Prague (St. Peter and Paul Basilica, Vyšehrad) and elsewhere. Greek sources assert that he suffered martyrdom in Cappadocia . The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St.John the Baptist , Washington DC. purports to have

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