Saint Luke the Evangelist
- 18 October
- 9 May (translation of relics)
- 20 June (translation of relics)
- 13 October in the martyrology by Mabillon
- 21 September on some calendars
- 26 September on some calendars
- 27 November on some calendars
Profile
Born to pagan Greek parents, and possibly a slave. One of the earliest convertsto Christianity. Physician, studying in Antioch and Tarsus. Probably travelled as a ship‘s doctor; many charitable societies of physicians are named for him. Legend has that he was also a painter who may have done portraits of Jesus and Mary, but none have ever been correctly or definitively attributed to him; this story, and the inspiration his Gospel has always given artists, led to his patronage of them. He met Saint Paul the Apostle at Troas, and evangelizedGreece and Rome with him, being there for the shipwreck and other perils of the voyage to Rome, and stayed in Rome for Paul‘s two years of in prison. Wrote the Gospel According to Luke, much of which was based on the teachings and writings of Paul, interviews with early Christians, and his own experiences. Wrote a history of the early Church in the Acts of the Apostles.
Born
- at Antioch
- c.74 in Greece
- some stories say he was martyred, others that he died of natural causes
- relics at Padua, Italy
Name Meaning
- bringer of light (= luke)
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