Longinus

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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History and politics

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Influence

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Resistance

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What Wikipedia says

Longinus (Greek: Λογγίνος) is the name given to the unknown Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a lance, who in medieval and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity. His name first appeared in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus.

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Image: Fyodor Zubov / Фёдор Зубов (? — 1689), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.