Mark the Evangelist ( la, Marcus; grc-gre, Μᾶρκος, Mârkos; arc, ܡܪܩܘܣ, translit=Marqōs; Ge'ez: ማርቆስ; ), also known as Saint Mark, is the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the

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. According to Church tradition, Mark founded the episcopal see of

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, which was one of the five most important sees of

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. His feast day is celebrated on April 25, and his

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is the

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Mark's identity

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According to

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(1974), an "unbroken tradition" identifies Mark the Evangelist with

John Mark John Mark is named in the Acts of the Apostles as an assistant accompanying Paul and Barnabas on their missionary journeys. Traditionally he is regarded as identical with Mark the Evangelist, the traditional writer of the Gospel of Mark. Bibl ...

, and John Mark as the cousin of

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. However,

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in ''On the Seventy Apostles'' distinguishes Mark the Evangelist (2 Tim 4:11), John Mark (Acts 12:12, 25; 13:5, 13; 15:37), and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (Col 4:10; Phlm 1:24). According to Hippolytus, they all belonged to the "Seventy Disciples" who were sent out by

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to disseminate the

gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words a ...

(

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10:1ff.) in

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. According to Eusebius of Caesarea (''Eccl. Hist.'' 2.9.1–4),

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, in his first year of reign over the whole of Judea (AD 41), killed

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and arrested

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, planning to kill him after the

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. Peter was saved miraculously by

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s, and escaped out of the realm of Herod (Acts 12:1–19). Peter went to

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, then through

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(visiting the churches in

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, and

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, as mentioned in 1 Peter 1:1), and arrived in

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in the second year of

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(AD 42; Eusebius, Eccl, Hist. 2.14.6). Somewhere on the way, Peter encountered Mark and took him as travel companion and interpreter. Mark the Evangelist wrote down the

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s of Peter, thus composing the Gospel according to Mark (''Eccl. Hist.'' 15–16), before he left for Alexandria in the third year of Claudius (AD 43). According to the Acts 15:39, Mark went to Cyprus with Barnabas after the Council of Jerusalem. According to tradition, in AD 49, about 19 years after the

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, Mark travelled to

and founded the

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– today, the

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, the

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, and the

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trace their origins to this original community. See drop-down essay on "Islamic Conquest and the Ottoman Empire" Aspects of the Coptic liturgy can be traced back to Mark himself. He became the first

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of Alexandria and he is honored as the founder of Christianity in

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. According to Eusebius (''Eccl. Hist.'' 2.24.1), Mark was succeeded by Anianus as the bishop of Alexandria in the eighth year of

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(62/63), probably, but not definitely, due to his coming death. Later Coptic tradition says that he was martyred in 68. Modern Bible scholars have concluded that the Gospel of Mark was written by an anonymous author rather than by Mark.Bart D. Ehrman (2000:43) ''The New Testament: a historical introduction to early Christian writings.'' Oxford University Press.

Biblical and traditional information

Evidence for Mark the Evangelist's authorship of the Gospel that bears his name originates with Papias(c. 60 – c. 130 AD). Scholars of the

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are "almost certain" that Papias is referencing

. Modern mainstream Bible scholars find Papias's information difficult to interpret. The

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accords with identifying Mark the Evangelist with

, as well as that he was one of the Seventy Disciples sent out by Christ (Luke 10:1), as Hippolytus confirmed. Coptic tradition also holds that Mark the Evangelist hosted the disciples in his house after Jesus's death, that the resurrected Jesus Christ came to Mark's house (John 20), and that the

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descended on the disciples at

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in the same house. Furthermore, Mark is also believed to have been among the servants at the

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who poured out the water that Jesus turned to wine (John 2:1–11).

Pope Shenouda III Pope Shenouda III (; cop, Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲅ̅ '; ar, بابا الإسكندرية شنودة الثالث '; 3 August 1923 – 17 March 2012) was the 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See ...

, ''The Beholder of God Mark the Evangelist Saint and Martyr'', Chapter One
Tasbeha.org
/ref> According to the Coptic tradition, Mark was born in Cyrene, a city in the Pentapolis of North Africa (now

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). This tradition adds that Mark returned to Pentapolis later in life, after being sent by

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(

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4:10; Philemon 24. Some, however, think these actually refer to Mark the Cousin of Barnabas), and serving with him in Rome (2 Tim 4:11); from Pentapolis he made his way to

. When Mark returned to Alexandria, the pagans of the city resented his efforts to turn the Alexandrians away from the worship of their traditional gods. In AD 68, they placed a rope around his neck and dragged him through the streets until he was dead.

. ''The Beholder of God Mark the Evangelist Saint and Martyr'', Chapter Seven
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Veneration

The Feast of St Mark is observed on April 25 by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. For those Churches still using the

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, April 25 according to it aligns with May 8 on the

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until the year 2099. The Coptic Orthodox Church observes the Feast of St Mark on Parmouti 30 according to the

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which always aligns with April 25 on the

or May 8 on the

. Where

is distinguished from Mark the Evangelist, John Mark is celebrated on September 27 (as in the

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) and Mark the Evangelist on April 25. Mark is remembered in the

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and in much of the Anglican Communion, with a

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In art

Mark the Evangelist is most often depicted writing or holding his gospel. In Christian tradition, Mark the Evangelist is symbolized by a lion. Mark the Evangelist attributes are the lion in the desert; he can be depicted as a

on a throne decorated with lions; as a man helping Venetian sailors. He is often depicted holding a book with ''pax tibi Marce'' written on it or holding a palm and book. Other depictions of Mark show him as a man with a book or scroll, accompanied by a winged lion. The lion might also be associated with Jesus'

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because lions were believed to sleep with open eyes, thus a comparison with Christ in his tomb, and Christ as king. Mark the Evangelist can be depicted as a man with a halter around his neck and as rescuing Christian slaves from

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. Accademia - St Mark's Body Brought to Venice by Jacopo Tintoretto.jpg, Venetian merchants with the help of two Greek monks take Mark the Evangelist's body to

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, by

Tintoretto Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed wit ...

. Codexaureus 21.jpg, Mark the Evangelist listening to the

, Mark, image 21 of the

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or Borsch Gospels. Vangeli di ebbone (evangelista marco), epernay, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 1 f 18 v., 20,8x26 cm, ante 823.jpg, Mark the Evangelist looking at the lion, c.823. Folio 19v - The Martyrdom of Saint Mark.jpg, The

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of Saint Mark. ''

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'' (

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, Chantilly), c. 1412 and 1416. Andrea Mantegna 087.jpg, ''

St Mark Mark the Evangelist ( la, Marcus; grc-gre, Μᾶρκος, Mârkos; arc, ܡܪܩܘܣ, translit=Marqōs; Ge'ez: ማርቆስ; ), also known as Saint Mark, is the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. Accor ...

'' by

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, 1448. Evangelist-with-lion.jpg, Mark the Evangelist with the lion, 1524. Bodleian Library MS. Arm. d.13. Armenian Gospels-0041-0.jpg, A painted miniature in an Armenian Gospel manuscript from 1609, held by the

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. Åhus kyrka-15.jpg, Saint Mark on a 17th-century naive painting by unknown artist in the choir of St Mary church (Sankta Maria kyrka) in

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, Sweden. Pasquale Ottino San Marcos escribe sus Evangelios al dictado de San Pedro Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux.jpg, ''St. Mark writes his Evangelium at the dictation of St. Peter'', by Pasquale Ottino, 17th century, Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux. Il Pordenone - San Marco - Budapest.jpg, Mark the Evangelist by

Il Pordenone Pordenone, Il Pordenone in Italian, is the byname of Giovanni Antonio de’ Sacchis (c. 1484 – 14 January 1539), an Italian Mannerist painter, loosely of the Venetian school. Vasari, his main biographer, wrongly identifies him as Giovanni ...

(c. 1484 – 1539). GRM Inv. J-3179.jpg, Saint Mark the Evangelist Icon from the royal gates of the central iconostasis of the Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, 1804. Tzanes Emmanuel - St Mark the Evangelist - Google Art Project.jpg, An

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of Saint Mark the Evangelist, 1657. San_Marco_cathedral_in_Venice.JPG,

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Nuremberg chronicles f 104r 1.png, St Mark in the ''

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'' Stmark.jpg, ''

Saint Mark Mark the Evangelist ( la, Marcus; grc-gre, Μᾶρκος, Mârkos; arc, ܡܪܩܘܣ, translit=Marqōs; Ge'ez: ማርቆስ; ), also known as Saint Mark, is the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. Accor ...

'', 1411–1413, by

Donatello Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi ( – 13 December 1466), better known as Donatello ( ), was a Florentine sculptor of the Renaissance period. Born in Florence, he studied classical sculpture and used this to develop a complete Renaissance st ...

(

Orsanmichele Orsanmichele (; "Kitchen Garden of St. Michael", from the Tuscan contraction of the Italian word ''orto'') is a church in the Italian city of Florence. The building was constructed on the site of the kitchen garden of the monastery of San Mich ...

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)

Major shrines

* Basilica di San Marco (

, Italy) *

Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is a Coptic church located in the Abbassia District in Cairo, Egypt. The cathedral is the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope. It was built during the time when Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria was Pope of the Cop ...

(

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) * Saint Mark's Church (Serbian Orthodox) in Belgrade, Serbia *

(

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) * St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery,

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References

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