What was the name of the soldier who peirced Jesus with the spear, making him to bleed water and blood?
According to legend, the Holy Lance (also known as the Spear of Destiny, Holy Spear, Lance of Longinus, Spear of Longinus or Spear of Christ) is the name given to the lance that pierced Jesus while he was on the cross. To make sure he was dead, a soldier stabbed him in the side. The name of the soldier who pierced Christ’s side is not given in the Bible but in the oldest known references to the legend, the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus (of uncertain date, likely 4th century), the soldier is identified with a centurion and called Longinus (making the spear’s “correct” Latin name Lancea Longini).
