(1) Lucius of Cyrene is among the prophets and teachers who hear the call of the Holy Spirit while worshiping in the church at Antioch. He is one of several believers who fast, pray, and lay hands on Paul and Barnabas to consecrate their departure for Paul’s first missionary journey (Acts 13:1–3). (2) A relative or compatriot of Paul who adds greetings to the Roman church in the letter that Paul writes to that church from Corinth (Rom. 16:21). Several church fathers have attempted to equate both men with the apostle Luke.