User:Medvedok

I am writing a novel about Longinus, the soldier who drove a spear into the side of Jesus Christ at the crucifixion. He is not mentioned by name in the gospels, but an apocryphal gospel, the Gospel of Nicodemus (or sometimes called the Acts of Pilate)does refer to him as Longinus. Several legends have grown up around Longinus, but they all agree that he left the Roman army, befriended the apostles, and became a Christian, later martyred for his faith. I wanted to write a novel about the beginnings of Christianity since I was in high school, but life, with its numerous twists and turns, as well as time constraints, prevented me. Now I am retired and have the leisure time to wirte or, for that matter, do whatever I want to do. I discovered, Longinus' historicity notwithstanding, that he is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.