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{{QuoteBox|Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy ... this author should be placed along with the very greatest historians.<ref>Sir William Ramsay, ''St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen'' (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1962), p. 81. (quoted at [http://www.xenos.org/teachings/topical/objections/accurate.htm])</ref>}}
{{QuoteBox|Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy ... this author should be placed along with the very greatest historians.<ref>Sir William Ramsay, ''St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen'' (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1962), p. 81. (quoted at [http://www.xenos.org/teachings/topical/objections/accurate.htm])</ref>}}
== St. Luke’s icons ==
According to a tradition, ''the Evangelist St. Luke was a talented [[painter]] as well as a physician. He painted an icon presenting the Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus, which many churches all over the world later on copied. Also, in a reference, it was mentioned that the historian Van Celub found an icon of the Archangel Michael during his visit to a Cathedral in Alexandria, that was also made by the Apostle Luke.'' <ref>[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3227/ Rare Portraits of the Blessed Virgin Mary]</ref>
''According to legend, St. Luke had a vision in which the Virgin Mary with the Christ child appeared to him. The evangelist recorded his vision in a painting, which led to him being considered the patron saint of painters.'' <ref>[http://www.khm.at/elgreco/Ausstellung/lucasE.html St Luke Painting the Icon of the Virgin]</ref>
==References==
==References==
[[Image:El Greco St Luke Painting the Icon of the Virgin.jpg|thumb|St Luke Painting the Icon of the Virgin by [[El Greco]]]]
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