St. Luke

E168349

Christian saint New Testament figure evangelist patron saint

St. Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament and is venerated as a patron saint of physicians and artists in Christian tradition.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Luke	30
St. Luke canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1463548 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St. Luke
Context triple: [Luke, alsoKnownAs, St. Luke]

A. Holy Family
The Holy Family refers to Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph together as the central model of Christian family life and virtue.
B. Saint Giles
Saint Giles is a Christian hermit and abbot venerated as a major medieval saint, especially known as the patron of Edinburgh and of people with disabilities.
C. Eusebius Church
Eusebius Church is a prominent historic Gothic church and landmark in the Dutch city of Arnhem, known for its towering spire and role as a symbol of the city’s heritage.
D. Dominus Flevit Church
Dominus Flevit Church is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, traditionally marking the spot where Jesus wept over the future fate of the city.
E. Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity is the central Christian doctrine that God exists as three distinct, co-equal persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—in one divine essence.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St. Luke
Target entity description: St. Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament and is venerated as a patron saint of physicians and artists in Christian tradition.

A. Holy Family
The Holy Family refers to Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph together as the central model of Christian family life and virtue.
B. Saint Giles
Saint Giles is a Christian hermit and abbot venerated as a major medieval saint, especially known as the patron of Edinburgh and of people with disabilities.
C. Eusebius Church
Eusebius Church is a prominent historic Gothic church and landmark in the Dutch city of Arnhem, known for its towering spire and role as a symbol of the city’s heritage.
D. Dominus Flevit Church
Dominus Flevit Church is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, traditionally marking the spot where Jesus wept over the future fate of the city.
E. Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity is the central Christian doctrine that God exists as three distinct, co-equal persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—in one divine essence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ New Testament figure ⓘ evangelist ⓘ patron saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Luke the Evangelist ⓘ Saint Luke ⓘ linked to: St. Luke
associatedWith	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Antioch ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ New Testament ⓘ iconography of the Virgin Mary ⓘ missionary journeys of Paul ⓘ
era	1st century AD ⓘ
feastDay	18 October ⓘ
feastDayInOrthodoxChurches	31 October (Julian calendar, often 18 October Gregorian) ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Saint ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
mentionedIn	2 Timothy 4:11 ⓘ Colossians 4:14 ⓘ linked to: Epistle to the Colossians Pauline epistles ⓘ linked to: Pauline Epistles Philemon 1:24 ⓘ
nameInGreek	Λουκᾶς (Loukas) ⓘ linked to: Loukas Sideras
nameInLatin	Lucas ⓘ
oftenDepictedAs	painting an icon of the Virgin Mary ⓘ seated with a winged ox ⓘ writing a Gospel ⓘ
oneOf	Four Evangelists ⓘ
patronSaintOf	artists ⓘ bachelors ⓘ butchers ⓘ icon painters ⓘ notaries ⓘ painters ⓘ physicians ⓘ surgeons ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
symbol	winged ox ⓘ
traditionallyDescribedAs	companion of Paul the Apostle ⓘ physician ⓘ
traditionallyFrom	Antioch in Syria ⓘ linked to: Antioch on the Orontes
traditionallyRegardedAs	author of the Acts of the Apostles ⓘ author of the Gospel of Luke ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutheran Churches ⓘ linked to: European Lutheran churches Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
wroteInLanguage	Koine Greek ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luke → alsoKnownAs → St. Luke ⓘ

St. Luke → alsoKnownAs → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Brotherhood of St. Luke → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Accademia di San Luca → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Accademia di San Luca → patronSaint → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Guild of Saint Luke (The Hague) → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Guild of Saint Luke (The Hague) → religiousPatron → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Guild of Saint Luke (Amsterdam) → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Guild of Saint Luke (Amsterdam) → patronSaint → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp → patronSaint → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Académie de Saint-Luc → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

St Luke’s Anglican Church Scone → hasPatronSaint → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Leiden Guild of St. Luke → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Leiden Guild of St. Luke → patronSaint → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

St Luke’s Church, Holmes Chapel → dedicatedTo → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

St Luke’s Church, Heage → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

St Luke’s Church, Torver → dedicatedTo → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

St. Luke’s Hospital (New York) → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Monastery of Saint Luke Župa Nikšićka → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

St Luke’s Church, Cannock → dedicatedTo → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

St. Luke Drawing the Virgin → depicts → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

St Luke’s Church, Heywood → dedicatedTo → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Guild of Saint Luke in Tournai → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Guild of Saint Luke in Ghent → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Guild of Saint Luke in Ghent → patronSaint → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Inspiration of Saint Luke (San Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome) → depicts → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Church of St. Mary with St. Luke’s belltower → dedicatedTo → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Independent Order of St. Luke → religiousReferenceInName → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

Luqa → namedAfter → Saint Luke ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke

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Referenced by (31)

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