Saint Mark of Arethusa

Memorial

• 29 March

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Bishop of Arethusa, Mount Lebanon. Attended the 351 synod at Sirmium where he produced a creed that got him falsely labelled an Arian. He was struck from the Roman Martyrology for years, but research by the Bollandists vindicated him and restored his name to the roles.

Died

• martyred in 362 during the persecution of Julian the Apostate

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Mark of Arethusa“. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 March 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>