Saint
Saint Luke the Evangelist
- Country / origin
- Tradition links him to Antioch, today's Turkey
- Feast
- 18 October
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
Author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, companion of Paul, whom Paul calls the beloved physician.
In Scripture: Colossians 4:14Luke 1:1–4
Biblical profile: Luke →Patron of
- doctors
- surgeons
- health workers
- artists
When to ask for intercession
- illness
- treatments
- medical decisions
- clinical work
A short prayer
Saint Luke, stay with the sick and give light to doctors, nurses and all who care for life.
Written for Lumen as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
What we know — and how
Tradition holds
That he painted icons of Mary is a later tradition, not a historical fact.
What are you living through today?
- Illness
- Doctors and health workers
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