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Luca di Melicuccà
Italian monk, bishop and saint
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Feast: 10 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1035
Died
1114
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the monastery of Saint Nicholas of Viotorito in Calabria, Saint Luke, bishop of Isola di Capo Rizzuto, who worked tirelessly for the good of the poor and the education of monks.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 10 December as a bishop of Isola di Capo Rizzuto who worked for the poor and the education of monks.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3838331 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.