Pope Saint Mark

Also known as

• Marcus

Memorial

• 7 October
• confined to local calendars since 1969

Profile

Son of Priscus. Chosen 34th pope; he reigned less than a year. Believed to have built the basilica of San Marco in Rome, Italy and the Juxta Pallacinis basilica just outside the city. Issued a constitution confirming the power of the bishop of Ostia to consecrate newly elected popes. Little else is known of his life or reign.

Born

• Rome, Italy

Papal Ascension

• 18 January 336

Died

• 7 October 336 at Rome, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the catacomb of Balbina, where he had built the cemetery church

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by J P Kirsch
• Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Pictorial Lives of the Saints
• Popes Through the Ages, by Father Joseph Brusher

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Mark”. Saints.SQPN.com. 2 October 2010. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/pope-saint-mark/>