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LUC (saint). Luke, is traditionally regarded as the author of the third Gospel and The Acts of the Apostles. Paul calls him "Luke the Physician," Colossians 4:14. His symbol is the ox.

Chaucer reminds Harry Bailly that the evangelists differ in their stories about the pain of Jesus Christ, yet their stories are all true, and he names the four evangelists, Mel 943-952. The Parson quotes from Luke 15:7, 24, ParsT 700-701, and Luke 23, ParsT 702.

Luc, possibly derived from Latin Lucanus, appears in medial position, Mel 951.

C.K. Barrett, Luke the Historian in Recent Study; The South-English Legendary, ed. C. D'Evelyn and A.J. Mill, II: 439-443.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
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