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title: "St. Luke: Feast Day October 18 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-luke/
description: "St. Luke, Evangelist, patron of physicians, surgeons, and artists. Feast day October 18. Read their life in Bless."
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Evangelist · Feast day October 18

# St. Luke

The feast day of St. Luke is October 18, a feast in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of physicians, surgeons, and artists.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Feast day | [October 18](https://blessbible.app/saints/october/#18) |
| In the US calendar | Feast |
| Title | Evangelist |
| Patron of | [physicians](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#physicians), [surgeons](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#surgeons), [artists](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#artists) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Monday, October 18, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-luke/#calendar) |

## Life

‘Luke, a most beloved physician,’ Paul calls him — a Gentile convert who joined the second missionary journey and stayed to the end: ‘Luke alone is with me,’ Paul writes from his last prison.

His Gospel gives us the Annunciation, the Magnificat, the shepherds, the prodigal son, and the good thief; his Acts of the Apostles, the Church’s first history. Tradition makes him a painter of the Virgin — fittingly, since his pen painted her portrait forever.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Luke as patron of physicians, surgeons, and artists.

[Physicians](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#physicians) [Surgeons](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#surgeons) [Artists](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#artists)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Pantaleon](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-pantaleon/) physicians · July 27
- [Sts. Cosmas and Damian](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-cosmas-and-damian/) physicians · September 26

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Luke. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Monday, October 18, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/10/18/) | St. Luke, Evangelist (Feast) | Red | 2 Timothy 4:10-17b · Psalm 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18 · See John 15:16 · Luke 10:1-9 |
| [Wednesday, October 18, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/10/18/) | St. Luke, Evangelist (Feast) | Red | 2 Timothy 4:10-17b · Psalm 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18 · See John 15:16 · Luke 10:1-9 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[October 17 St. Ignatius of Antioch](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-ignatius-of-antioch/) [October 19 Sts. John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-john-de-brebeuf-isaac-jogues-and-companions/)

[All the saints of October](https://blessbible.app/saints/october/) [Born on October 18?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#10-18) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Luke

Feast day October 18

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-luke/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-luke/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-luke/#calendar)

In the app

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