Venerable
Luke of Carbone
An Italo-Greek holy monk, abbot at Carbone in southern Italy, who reposed around 1005.
- Era
- 11th century
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Luke of Carbone, a holy monk, was an abbot in Calabria in southern Italy and the first head of the monastery of Saints Elias and Anastasius at Carbone. He reposed after the year 1005.
The little we know comes from a short text written by a successor of the same name, Luke, the fifth abbot of Carbone, in the 11th century. He was born in an unknown place in Calabria and was tonsured a monk by Saint Sabas of Collesano. Together with his brother, Saint Blaise, he founded the monastery of Carbone around 971. After Sabas reposed in 996, he succeeded him as archimandrite of the hermitages and monasteries of the Latinianon. After his death the leadership of Carbone passed to his brother Blaise.
From the 17th century he has been confused with Saint Luke of Demenna, a separate figure. He is an Italo-Greek saint, honored in the undivided Church.