Longinus (disambiguation)

Longinus (1st century) is the name ascribed to the Roman soldier who allegedly pierced the side of Jesus on the cross.

Longinus may also refer to:

People

• Male members of the family Cassii Longini
• Gaius Cassius Longinus (c. 85 – 42 BCE), Roman senator and leading instigator in the plot to kill Julius Caesar
• Gaius Cassius Longinus (consul 30) (1st century), Roman jurist and politician, nephew of the tyrannicide
• Longinus or Pseudo-Longinus (c. 1st century), conventional names for the author of On the Sublime
• Gnaeus Pompeius Longinus (died 105), Roman general
• Longinus (Roman governor) (fl. 158–161), possible Roman governor of Britain
• Cassius Longinus (philosopher) (c. 213–273), Greek rhetorician and critic
• Saint Longinus (died c. 290), Roman soldier converted to Christianity by Victor of Marseilles
• Longinus (abbot) (fl. 451), Miaphysite monk and saint
• Longinus (consul 486) (fl. 475-491), Roman politician and brother of the emperor Zeno
• Longinus of Cardala (died 497), Roman official and leader during the Isaurian War
• Longinus of Selinus (died 498), Isaurian leader during the Isaurian War
• Longinus (missionary) (fl. 565–580), Byzantine Christian missionary and bishop in Nubia
• Jan Długosz (1415–1480), known in Latin as Johannes Longinus, medieval Polish historian
• Longinus Fernandes, an Indian choreographer and dancer, active 1995–present

Fiction and literature

• Longinus (film), a 2004 Japanese short directed by Ryuhei Kitamura
• Longinus Podbipięta, a character in Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel With Fire and Sword
• Casca Rufio Longinus, a fictional character in Casca (series)
• Longinus, a character played by Kevin Daniels in Modern Family .

Other uses

• Longinus cross, a special form of the Arma Christi cross
• Longinus Tower, an observation tower in Nottuln, Germany

See also

• Cassius Longinus (disambiguation)