Saint Luke the Evangelist

St. Luke was one of the four evangelists, known for writing the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament. He was a physician by profession and a companion of St. Paul on some of his missionary journeys. Luke is believed to have been a Gentile convert to Christianity. He is venerated as the patron saint of artists, physicians, and surgeons due to his medical background and his skills as an artist, as tradition holds that he painted some of the earliest icons of the Virgin Mary.