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Lucas was educated by the abbot of the monastery of Saint Philip at Agira, Sicily, Italy. Monk at Agira. He was a priest and a reluctant abbot of his house.
Lucas eventually, for unknown reasons, went blind. One day while they were travelling to Nicosia, one of his monks tried to play a trick on the blind abbot by telling him that some townspeople were following them in hope of hearing him preach. Lucas stopped, turned to where he was told the people were standing, and began to preach to the empty field. When he finished, the stones along the road all shouted “Amen”, confounding the practical joker. A church dedicated to Lucas was later built on the spot.
Born
- Nicosia, Sicily, Italy
Died
- c.800 at the monastery of Saint Philip in Agira, Sicily, Italy of natural causes
- most relics still in Agira
- some relics in Nicosia, Sicily, Italy
Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
Patronage
- Nicosia, Sicily, Italy (his intervention ended a plague in 1575
Source: https://catholicsaints.info/saint-luke-casali/
