St. Luke

E168349

Christian saint New Testament figure evangelist patron saint

St. Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament and is venerated as a patron saint of physicians and artists in Christian tradition.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Luke	13
St. Luke canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1463548 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St. Luke
Context triple: [Luke, alsoKnownAs, St. Luke]

A. Holy Family
The Holy Family refers to Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph together as the central model of Christian family life and virtue.
B. Saint Giles
Saint Giles is a Christian hermit and abbot venerated as a major medieval saint, especially known as the patron of Edinburgh and of people with disabilities.
C. Eusebius Church
Eusebius Church is a prominent historic Gothic church and landmark in the Dutch city of Arnhem, known for its towering spire and role as a symbol of the city’s heritage.
D. Dominus Flevit Church
Dominus Flevit Church is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, traditionally marking the spot where Jesus wept over the future fate of the city.
E. Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity is the central Christian doctrine that God exists as three distinct, co-equal persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—in one divine essence.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St. Luke
Target entity description: St. Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament and is venerated as a patron saint of physicians and artists in Christian tradition.

A. Holy Family
The Holy Family refers to Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph together as the central model of Christian family life and virtue.
B. Saint Giles
Saint Giles is a Christian hermit and abbot venerated as a major medieval saint, especially known as the patron of Edinburgh and of people with disabilities.
C. Eusebius Church
Eusebius Church is a prominent historic Gothic church and landmark in the Dutch city of Arnhem, known for its towering spire and role as a symbol of the city’s heritage.
D. Dominus Flevit Church
Dominus Flevit Church is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, traditionally marking the spot where Jesus wept over the future fate of the city.
E. Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity is the central Christian doctrine that God exists as three distinct, co-equal persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—in one divine essence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ New Testament figure ⓘ evangelist ⓘ patron saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Luke the Evangelist ⓘ St. Luke ⓘ surface form: Saint Luke
associatedWith	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Antioch ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ New Testament ⓘ iconography of the Virgin Mary ⓘ missionary journeys of Paul ⓘ
era	1st century AD ⓘ
feastDay	18 October ⓘ
feastDayInOrthodoxChurches	31 October (Julian calendar, often 18 October Gregorian) ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Saint ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
mentionedIn	2 Timothy 4:11 ⓘ Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ surface form: Colossians 4:14 Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Pauline epistles Philemon 1:24 ⓘ
nameInGreek	Loukas Sideras ⓘ surface form: Λουκᾶς (Loukas)
nameInLatin	Lucas ⓘ
oftenDepictedAs	painting an icon of the Virgin Mary ⓘ seated with a winged ox ⓘ writing a Gospel ⓘ
oneOf	Four Evangelists ⓘ
patronSaintOf	artists ⓘ bachelors ⓘ butchers ⓘ icon painters ⓘ notaries ⓘ painters ⓘ physicians ⓘ surgeons ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
symbol	winged ox ⓘ
traditionallyDescribedAs	companion of Paul the Apostle ⓘ physician ⓘ
traditionallyFrom	Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ surface form: Antioch in Syria
traditionallyRegardedAs	author of the Acts of the Apostles ⓘ author of the Gospel of Luke ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church European Lutheran churches ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
wroteInLanguage	Koine Greek ⓘ

How these facts were elicited