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![[Saint Mark the Evangelist]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-mark-the-evangelist/saint-mark-the-evangelist-00_0.jpg "91kb jpg photograph of a Saint Mark the Evangelist stained glass window, designed by Burne Jones, made by Morris and Company, chapel of Manchester College, Oxford, England; swiped with permission from the flickr account of Brother Lawrence Lew, OP")
Also known as
- John Mark
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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.
Name Meaning
- God is gracious; gift of God (John)
- against impenitence
- against insect bites
- against scrofulous diseases
- against struma
- attorneys
- barristers
- captives
- imprisoned people
- glaziers
- lawyers
- lions
- notaries
- prisoners
- stained glass workers
- struma patients
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- Egypt
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- Infanta, Philippines, prelature of
- Venice, Florida, diocese of
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- Boretto, Italy
- Creazzo, Italy
- Ionian Islands
- Pordenone, Italy
- Sonnino, Italy
- Venice, Italy
- lion
- lion in the desert
- bishop on a throne decorated with lions
- man helping Venetian sailors
- man holding a book with pax tibi Marce written 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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Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Mark the Evangelist
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Gospel of Mark
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Gospel of Mark - New American Bible
- Gospel of Mark - World English Bible
- Jimmy Akin: 8 things to know and share about Saint Mark and his gospel
- Kirken i Norge
- Lives of Illustrious Men, by Saint Jerome
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Roman Martyrology
- uCatholic
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation
- “Saint Mark the Evangelist“. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 April 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>
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