Luke the Evangelist (Ancient Greek: Λουκᾶς, Loukas) was an Early Christian writer who the Church Fathers such as Jerome and Eusebius said was the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
The Roman Catholic Church venerates him as Saint Luke, patron saint of artists, physicians, surgeons, students, butchers; his feast day is 18 October.
Life
Luke was a Greek-speaking Syrian physician who lived in the Greek city of Antioch in Ancient Syria.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
His earliest notice … [More]