Longinus

Longinus may refer to:

People

See also Cassius Longinus.

• Gaius Cassius Longinus (died 42 BC), usually known as Cassius, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar
• Longinus (literature), a Greek literary critic who may have lived in the 1st century, author of On the Sublime
• Cassius Longinus (suffect consul) (fl. 30–41), a Roman jurist and nephew of Gaius Cassius Longinus
• Cnaeus Pompeius Longinus, a Roman general
• Longinus (Roman governor) (fl. 158–161), a possible Roman governor of Britain
• Cassius Longinus (philosopher) (ca. 213–273), a Greek rhetorician, critic and chief counselor to Zenobia of Palmyra
• Saint Longinus (1st century), the name ascribed to the Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus Christ on the cross
• Saint Longinus (died c. 290), a companion of St. Victor of Marseilles
• Longinus (consul 486) (fl. 486), brother of Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno
• Longinus of Cardala (died 497), Isaurian leader during the Isaurian War
• Longinus of Selinus (died 498), Isaurian leader during the Isaurian War
• Longinus (prefect), the Roman Pretorian prefect of Italy from 569 to 574
• Bishop Longinus (fl. 6th century), a Christian missionary working in Alodia during Emperor Justinian I's reign
• Johannes Longinus (1415–1480), Latin name of Jan Długosz, a medieval Polish historian

Fiction

• Longinus Podbipięta, a fictional character in the novel With Fire and Sword written by Henryk Sienkiewicz
• Casca Rufio Longinus, a fictional character (based on Saint Longinus) in the Casca (series) novels
• Longinus (film), a 2004 Japanese short directed by Ryuhei Kitamura
• Longinus battle armor from the Battletech universe

Other Uses

• Lance of Longinus, the name given to the lance that pierced Jesus' side as he hung on the cross

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