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Byzantine Mosaic depicting the soldier,
Longinus, in the Nea Moni Church, Chios, Greece, c.1050AD
Source: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei
Longinus depicted in the Nea Moni Church, Chios, Greece. No name for the soldier who pierced Christ's side during the crucifixion is given in the Gospels; the name Longinus is found in the pseudepigraphal Gospel of Nicodemus that was appended to the apocryphal Acts of Pilate.