Hieromartyr
Luke of Emesa
Hieromartyr of Emesa in Syria, remembered in the early martyrologies.
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- Feast
- February 6old style February 19
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Luke of Emesa was a deacon and martyr at Emesa (Homs) in Syria, alongside Bishop Silvanus and the reader Mocius. The Roman Martyrology says they suffered under the emperor Maximinus, cast out into the wilds. The Roman Martyrology commemorates him on 6 February (Gregorian calendar), among the saints of the undivided Church.
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