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About St. Longinus
1st century, traditional · Feast March 15 · Soldier / Convert / Martyr
Roman centurion (1st century, traditional), traditional name of the soldier who pierced the side of Christ on the cross (Jn 19:34); converted by the prodigies that followed and, according to Cappadocian tradition, returned home to Cappadocia, preached Christ, and was martyred. Pre-Congregation; biography traditional.
St. Longinus is the patron saint of Soldiers, Converts and Eye Disease.
