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Luke Thaumaturgus
10th-century Byzantine saint
SaintResearchedByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 7 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
890
Died
951
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Steiri in Phocis, in Greece, Saint Luke the Younger, hermit.
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 7 February as a hermit at Steiri in Greece.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2497353 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Luke of Steiris (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.