St. Luke the Younger
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Hermit and wonder-worker whose solitary hermitage in Thessaly, Greece, became known as the Soterion, "the place of healing." Luke tried to become a religious but was arrested as an escaped slave and imprisoned for a time. He finally became a hermit on Mount Joannitsa. near Corinth. There he was revered for his holiness and miracles, which earned him the surname Thaumaturgus .