Longinus (English spelling)

Japanese: ロンギヌス（英語表記）Longinus

A Roman centurion and martyr in Christian legend. He is known as the man who pierced Jesus' side with a spear when he was crucified. According to the Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine (13th century), he was converted after seeing the natural disasters that occurred at the moment of the piercing, and his weakened eyesight was restored by the blood of Jesus that ran down the spear. He then devoted himself to missionary work in Caesarea in Cappadocia, where he was captured and beheaded for refusing to worship idols. According to legend, the spear that pierced Jesus was later discovered by Helena, the mother of Constantine I, along with the Holy Cross and the Holy Nails, and became associated with the veneration of Longinus from the 6th century onwards, giving rise to various legends about the Holy Lance.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

キリスト教伝説に語られるローマの百卒長，殉教者。イエスが十字架にかけられたとき，そのわき腹を槍で刺した人物として知られる。ヤコブス･デ･ウォラギネ《黄金伝説》(13世紀)によれば，刺した瞬間に起こった天変地異を見て回心し，さらに槍を伝って落ちてきたイエスの血により弱っていた視力を回復したのち，カッパドキアのカエサレアで宣教に専心，同地で捕らえられ偶像崇拝を拒否して斬首されたという。伝説ではイエスを刺した槍は，のちコンスタンティヌス1世の母ヘレナによって聖十字架，聖釘とともに発見され，6世紀以降のロンギヌス崇敬と結びつきさまざまの〈聖槍Holy Lance〉伝説を生むことになる。

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