Martyrdom of Longinus the Centurion, by Symeon Metaphrastes

Commentarius, auctore Symeone Metaphrasta

Standard abbreviation: Mart. Longin.

Other titles: none

Clavis numbers: ECCA 730

Category: Apocryphal Acts

Related literature: Martyrdom of Longinus, by Pseudo-Hesychius of Jerusalem

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1. SUMMARY

draws on Mart. Long. by Hesychius

Named Historical Figures and Characters: Hesychius, Longinus (centurion), Pontius Pilate.

Geographical Locations: Cappadocia, Jerusalem, Sandralis.

2. RESOURCES

“Longinus.” Wikipedia.

3. BIBLIOGRAPHY

3.1 Manuscripts and Editions

3.1.1 Greek (BHG 989; list of manuscripts on Pinakes)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 774, fols. 205r–214r (15th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Gallica

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1611, fols. 165r–169v (1553) ~ BHG 988b

Migne, Jacques-Paul. Patrologiae cursus completus: Series graeca. Vol. 115. Paris: Cerf, 1899 (edition from Paris, BNF 774 and Latin translation from Surius, cols. 32–44).

Surius, Laurentius. De probatis Sanctorum historiis partim ex tomis Aloysii Lipomani. 6 vols. Cologne: Calenius and Quentel, 1570–1575 (Latin translation in vol. 2, pp. 232–35).

3.1.2 BHG 990c (adaptation)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 1190, fols. 1355v–1360v (1542)

3.2 Modern Translations

3.2.1 English

3.2.2 French

3.2.3 Italian

3.3 General Works

Peebles, Rose Jeffries. The Legend of Longinus in Ecclesiastical Tradition and in English Literature. Baltimore: Furst, 1911.