Overview
- The Christian liturgical calendar marks the feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist.
- Church tradition credits Mark with writing the Gospel of Mark, drawing on Saint Peter’s preaching to early Roman Christians.
- Early accounts describe a dispute after Mark left an apostolic journey with Paul and Barnabas.
- He is venerated as the founder and first bishop of the Church of Alexandria in Egypt.
- After his death, Venice honored his relics with the Basilica of Saint Mark, and he is the patron saint of notaries.