Longinus (disambiguation)
# 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.
