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| | The Spear Of Longinus |
 | | According to the hagiography, Longinus, now converted, left the army and studied under the Apostles, and ultimately became a monk (and this at a time when there not yet were monasteries) at Caesarea in Cappodocia. |
 | | There, poor Longinus ran afoul of the law because of his new faith and, we are told, was involved with yet another miraculous cure. |
 | | In any case, the legend assures us that Longinus was not long blind, for after he thrust his spear into the side of Christ, some of the blood and lymph (water) from Jesus fell into his eyes. |
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