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Detail of An Illustration of Saint Luke The Younger Holding His Hermitage Date And Artist Unknown
Detail of An Illustration of Saint Luke The Younger Holding His Hermitage Date And Artist Unknown

Saint Luke The Younger

Also known as: Luke of Aegina; Luke of Mount Joannitsa; Luke of the Soterion; Luke the Thaumaturgus; Luke the Wonder-Worker

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Saint Luke The Younger, also known as Luke of Aegina, Luke of Mount Joannitsa, Luke of the Soterion, Luke the Thaumaturgus, and Luke the Wonder-Worker, was born around the year 920 on the Greek island of Aegina. He was the third of seven children born to Stephen and Euphrosyne, who were small land-owning farmers. Luke's family was forced to flee to Thessaly due to Saracen raids on their home island....