THE BIBLE'S SILENCE ON WHERE LUKE IS BURIED DIDN'T STOP OTHERS, CENTURIES AFTER HIS DEATH, FROM CLAIMING THEY POSSESSED HIS BODY OR AT LEAST PARTS OF IT! AT LEAST THREE LOCATIONS CLAIM TO HAVE PARTS OF THE EVANGELIST'S BODY.
* LUKE'S TOMB AND BODY *
THE CHURCH OF LUKE THE EVANGELIST IN THEBES, GREECE CLAIMS TO BE THE GOSPEL WRITER'S TOMB. THAT SAID, THE ABBEY OF SANTA GIUSTINA IN PADUA, A CITY IN NORTHERN ITALY, CLAIMS TO HAVE HIS ACTUAL BODY. THIS BELIEVED BODY OF LUKE ENDED UP IN PADUA AFTER IT WAS SOLD TO THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC BY QUEEN MARIA OF SERBIA AROUND 1463 A.D.
IN 1992 THE GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS ASKED THE ABBEY IN PADUA TO RETURN "A SIGNIFICANT PART" OF LUKE'S BODY SO IT COULD BE PLACED AT THEBES' CHURCH. PADUA EVENTUALLY SENT A RIB FROM THE BODY.
LUKE'S SKULL IS CLAIMED TO BE HOUSED AT THE ST. VITUS CATHEDRAL IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC.
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