Lucius of Laodicea

Holy Apostle Lucius of Laodicea, also called Luke, was one of the seventy apostles and bishop of Laodicea in Syria, once the chief city of Phrygia, according to the Azbyka page. His name is mentioned by the holy Apostle Paul in the Epistle to the Romans, where he counts him among the Christians he greets (Romans 16:21).

The page says nothing else of his life. He is commemorated on 23 September, in the new style, and on 17 January, in the new style, in the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles.