Luke of Tauromenium

Saint Luke of Tauromenium was an ascetic of Sicily in the ninth century, born in the city of Tauromenium. In his youth he left his parents and his betrothed and went into the wilderness, where he spent many years in fasting and prayer, struggling on Mount Etna.

Near the end of his life, following a revelation, he founded a monastery. To learn the rules and the life of other monasteries, he travelled through many cities. On one such journey he died at Corinth, at the beginning of the ninth century.

He is commemorated on 19 November, in the new style.