Luke the Thaumaturge, Saint

LUCA THE WONDERWORKER, saint. — He is also called, like L. the Stylite, “L. the Younger,” but on this occasion in opposition to s. Luca of Messina.

A Greek by birth (890), from the island of Egina, he always led a solitary life on Mount Ioanizza near Corinth, where he was permitted to keep the Holy Eucharist with him. Characteristic of his spirituality were the joy he displayed toward his guests, his veneration for the monastic habit, and his filial attachment to the See of Rome. Seeking an even greater solitude, he eventually came to the place of Soterio (Σατήριον), where he died (ca. 946). The Constantinopolitan synaxary commemorates him on 7 February.