Saint Mark the Evangelist
Also known as
John Mark
Profile
Believed to be the young man who ran away when Jesus was arrested (Mark 14:51-52), and the "John whose other name was Mark" (Acts 12:25). Disciple of Saint Peter the Apostle who travelled with him to Rome, and was referred to as "my son Mark" by the first Pope. Travelled with his cousin Saint Barnabas, and with Saint Paul through Cyprus. Evangelized in Alexandria, Egypt, established the Church there, served as its first bishop, and founded the first famous Christian school. Author of the earliest canonical Gospel.
Died
• martyred 25 April 68 at Alexandria, Egypt
• relics at Venice, Italy
Patronage
• against impenitence
• against insect bites
• against scrofulous diseases
• against struma
• struma patients
• attorneys, lawyers, barristers
• captives
• imprisoned people
• glaziers
• lions
• notaries
• prisoners
• stained glass workers
• Egypt
• Ionian Islands
• Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy, diocese of
• Arica, Chile, diocese of
• Cortona, Italy, diocese of
• Infanta, Philippines, prelature of
• Venice, Florida, diocese of
• 45 cities
Representation
• lion
• lion in the desert
• bishop on a throne decorated with lions
• man helping Venetian sailors
• man holding a book with pax tibi Marcewritten on it
• man holding a palm and book
• man with a book or scroll accompanied by a winged lion
• man with a halter around his neck
• man writing or holding his gospel
• rescuing Christian slaves from Saracens
• winged lion.
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