Christ's blood falls on the Roman Soldier The blood running down the arm of Jesus begins at the elbow to drip straight down. It will land on the upturned face of Longinus. In other representations, the blood is shown as landing in the eye of Longinus, who, according to tradition, was healed of blindness in one eye at the time of the crucifixion. FIRST PREVIOUS NEXT

Source: Fr. Michael Scanlan, T.O.R. , The San Damiano Cross: An Explanation (Franciscan University Press Steubenville, Ohio 1983)

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