Saint’s Corner - St. Luke

      Saint Luke lived in the first century and was a gentile (non-Jew) who became a disciple of Saint Paul. Paul’s writings tell us that Luke was a physician. It is believed that Saint Luke was likely a Greek and his home was in Antioch. Luke is responsible for gathering eyewitness accounts of the life of Christ and for writing the third Gospel in the Bible as well as the Acts of the Apostles. Saint Luke’s Gospel is the only one that gives us the full account of the annunciation.

St. Luke accompanied St. Paul on his first two missionary journeys and was even with him at the time of his martyrdom. After St. Paul’s death, it is believed that St. Luke went back to Greece and most likely died at the age of 84 in Boeotia. St. Luke is the patron Saint of surgeons, physicians, and painters of pictures (he is responsible for painting at least one icon of Our Lady).