Saint Longinus of Lydda

Memorial

• 24 April

Profile

Convert to Christianity after seeing the courage and faith of Saint George. Martyred for that conversion on the day after George‘s death.

Died

• c.304 in Lydda, Palestine

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint Longinus of Lydda“. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 April 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>