Saint Luke

 

I regard St Luke as my patron saint, by default perhaps. Growing up in the Cleveland West-Side suburb of Lakewood, Ohio it was the parochial school I attended from grades 1 through 8. (Note that I repeated grade one so I was there 9 years before going to the public Lakewood High School.) 

Luke is one of the four ascribed authors of the canonical gospels. He is believed to have been a martyr but some believe otherwise. The Catholic Church and other major denominations venerate him as Saint Luke the Evangelist and as a patron saint of artists, physicians, bachelors, notaries, butchers, brewers, and more, His feast day is October 18.

Above photos: St. Luke as subject of a Stained Glass window and the subject of a Renaissance era limestone sculpture. 

Depicting St. Luke with an ox or calf gave Christians a basic summary of his Gospel, reminding them how he focused on the theme of sacrifice.