Longinus (disambiguation)

Longinus may refer to:

  • Longinus cross
  • Longinus Tower

People

  • male members of the family Cassii Longini
  • Gaius Cassius Longinus (c. 85 – 42 BC), Roman senator and leading instigator in the plot to kill Julius Caesar
  • Gaius Cassius Longinus (consul AD 30) (1st century), Roman jurist and politician, nephew of the tyrannicide
  • Longinus (1st century), name ascribed to the Roman soldier who allegedly pierced the side of Jesus on the cross
  • 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.

See also

  • Cassius Longinus (disambiguation)
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