The Legend

According to the legend, Longino, known as Isaurico after his birthplace in the province of Isaurica, was the soldier who struck an arrow in the chest of the dead body of Christ and the wound gushed with water and blood.

For some time, Longino's eyesight had been impaired with disease. When a few drops of blood from Christ's wound fell into his eyes, he was immediately cured. The unexpected miracle converted the soldier to the faith. He gathered the soil stained with Christ's blood from under the cross and placed it in a metal container and carried it on a series of long journeys until reaching his final destination in Mantua.

Luigi Pescasio

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