Saints Library · Teaching and Sharing
St. Mark
Patron of Venice, Egypt, Notaries, Basket Weavers Others
Life and historical setting
Mark (c. 300–336) is remembered in the Church as patron of Venice, Egypt, Notaries, Basket Weavers Others. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Rome.
Documented offices and forms of service associated with Mark include Pope, Catholic priest, religious leader.
Mark's earthly life ended of natural causes on 7 October and was buried in the catacomb of Balbina.
The enduring witness of Mark is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, teaching and sacred learning, and founding and renewal. The New Testament and the earliest Christian tradition are treated as the primary witnesses; later journeys, relic traditions, and legends are identified separately when they cannot be documented to the same degree.
Vocation and witness
These themes were identified from the supplied source record and provide a structured guide to the life.
Gospel encounter and discipleship
The supplied account connects this life directly with Christ, the Gospel, or the apostolic witness.
Teaching and sacred learning
Teaching, writing, study, or the formation of others belongs to the legacy preserved in the source.
Founding and renewal
The source associates this life with founding, restoring, or strengthening a Christian work or community.
Family and lay vocation
Family relationships or a lay vocation are important to the way this life is remembered.
Courageous public witness
The narrative records fidelity expressed publicly despite conflict, opposition, exile, or imprisonment.
Martyrdom and sacrifice
The source presents suffering or death borne in fidelity to Christ and the faith.
Sharing the faith
The source presents teaching and evangelization as service to the Church and future generations.
Spiritual legacy
The enduring witness of Mark is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, teaching and sacred learning, and founding and renewal. The New Testament and the earliest Christian tradition are treated as the primary witnesses; later journeys, relic traditions, and legends are identified separately when they cannot be documented to the same degree.
Prayerful reflection
God of holiness, through the witness of Mark, strengthen us in patient teaching, evangelization, and the faithful transmission of the Catholic faith. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.
Historical and liturgical note
Current Vatican News calendar listing; local and religious calendars may add other observances.
The New Testament and the earliest Christian tradition are treated as the primary witnesses; later journeys, relic traditions, and legends are identified separately when they cannot be documented to the same degree.