Luke’s bones seem to have moved around a lot – from Turkey to Italy and back – and the story is fascinating. And, no matter what we think about relics, the long strange journey of the evangelist’s bones adds up to a great plot. I can’t help but think that Luke–physician, historian, and great storyteller that he was–would have gotten a kick out of the whole thing.
This message is an excerpt from “Calendar Notes” in the October 2010 issue of Lutheran Woman Today, now Gather magazine. A brief account is also provided in Wikipedia.
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