St. Luke - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 15.197 W 081° 34.975
17R E 443921 N 3346995
This statue of St. Luke is located at the St. Vincent's Medical Center Southside, which was formerly St. Luke's Hospital.
Waymark Code: WMPY0X
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 11/08/2015
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A sign near the statue provides the following information:
"This statue of St. Luke is a bronze sculpture by artist Captain Robert Rasmussen from Pensacola, Florida. It was created to commemorate the addition of St. Luke's Hospital to St. Vincent's HealthCare. Dedicated this 28th day of May, 2008, in the year of Our Lord."
The following information about St. Luke is from Wikipedia (
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"Luke the Evangelist is one of the Four Evangelists—the four authors of canonical Gospels of Jesus Christ. Luke was a native of the Hellenistic city of Antioch in Syria. The early church fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel according to Luke and the book of Acts of the Apostles, which originally formed a single literary work, referred to as Luke–Acts. Prominent figures in early Christianity such as Jerome and Eusebius later reaffirmed his authorship, although the fragile evidence of the identity of the author of the works has led to discussion in scholarly circles, both secular and religious.
The New Testament mentions Luke briefly a few times, and the Pauline epistle to the Colossians refers to him as a doctor; thus he is thought to have been both a physician and a disciple of Paul. Christians since the faith's early years have regarded him as a saint. He is believed to have died a martyr, although accounts of the events do vary.
The Roman Catholic Church and other major denominations venerate him as Saint Luke the Evangelist and as a patron saint of artists, physicians, surgeons, students and butchers; his feast day takes place on 18 October."