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St. Luke the evangelist who wrote the gospel according to luke and acts of the apostles
2006-10-25 13:28:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LUKE the Apostle
Memorial 18 October
Born to pagan Greek parents, and possibly a slave. One of the earliest converts. 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 at Troas, and evangelized Greece 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. Martyr.
Born at Antioch
Died c.74 in Greece; some stories say he was martyred, others not; relics at Padua, Italy
Name Meaning
bringer of light (= luke)
2006-10-25 13:35:57 · answer #1 · answered by Jo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
St Luke Facts
2016-12-26 19:28:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saint Luke Facts
2016-10-14 11:48:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
His gospel is considered by most theologians to be the oldest. He was three years younger than our Lord. He died of natural causes in 68AD. His remains were transported from Alexandria in 828 to Venice where they remain today. The city of Venice made it's claim to fame to be the resting place of St. Mark using the winged lion with its front left paw resting on the gospel of Mark. When Napoleon invaded Italy, he ordered the desolation of these icons, but many prevailed because the mason Napoleon employed was a devout Christian. It is said St. Mark is the patron saint of cats.
2016-03-17 05:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luke was a physician
he is the patron Saint of painters and physicians and is represented in art as an ox
2006-10-25 13:38:42 · answer #5 · answered by ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go to St. Luke's Episcopal church. Yes, that's boring I'm sorry.
2006-10-25 13:31:33 · answer #6 · answered by thezaylady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋