St. Luke (Lucas) Casali

St. Luke Casali was educated by the abbot of the monastery of Saint Philip at Agira, Sicily, Italy. He eventually joined the monastic community himself and became the reluctant abbot of his house.  St. Luke eventually, for unknown reasons, went blind. One day while they were travelling to Nicosia, one 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. His feast is kept on March 2.