Who is the most famous person in Syria?
A doctor, but better known as the biblical author of the “Gospel According to Luke”, Luke the Evangelist was believed to have been born in Antioch, in the Roman province of Syria. Historical sources cite that he died at the age of 84 in Thebes (Greece) around the year 150 A.D. His body was interred first in Constantinople, and then later transferred to Padua, Italy. Geneticists have tested the remains believed to be those of Luke, and sampled Syrian and Greek populations for DNA comparison. They’ve determined that the body attributed as Luke’s, is likely of Syrian origin.
