"... On a side note, in 1992, then Metropolitan Ieronymos (now the Archbishop
of Greece) made a formal request to the Catholic Archbishop of Padua to
return a significant portion of the relics of St. Luke to his tomb in
Thebes. This ended up prompting a large scientific endevour to determine
if the relics in St. Justina's Church in Padua are really those
belonging to the Evangelist.
After many investigations, including DNA
analyses (which linked the remains to someone of Syriac origin; St. Luke
was born in Antioch), C-14 dating, and measurements of the lead
sarcophagus, which actually matched the dimensions to the milimeter of
St. Luke's tomb in Thebes, it was determined that there was significant
scientific evidence that these remains belonged to St. Luke.
To honor
the Metropolitan's request, the Archbishop of Padua gave the Church in
Thebes a rib from St. Luke, and the one closest to his heart. Thus, the
Tomb of St. Luke in Thebes also bears a portion of his holy and
grace-filled relics..."
See the article here
please.
St. Luke the Evangelist, with scenes from his life
St. Luke the Evangelist, "the beloved physician",
COMMODILLA CATACOMBS, ITALY, ROME (from here)
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