Barnabas, born Joseph or Joses, was a prominent Christian disciple, identified as an apostle in Acts 14:14. According to Acts 4:36, he was a Cypriot Levite. He undertook missionary journeys as a compa
Detail from San Barnaba Altarpiece [Wikidata] by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1490
Saint Barnabas or Saint Matthew, attrib. Juan Martín Cabezalero, c. 1640
Barnabas curing the sick by Paolo Veronese, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, c. 1566
Saints Paul and Barnabas at Lystra (Sacrifice at Lystra) by Bartholomeus Breenberg, 1637, Princeton University Art Museum
Mark the Evangelist, also known as John Mark or Saint Mark, was a person, subsequently venerated as a saint, to whom is traditionally ascribed the authorship of the Gospel of Mark. According to Coptic
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…as the founder of the Cypriot Orthodox Church. The feast day of Barnabas is celebrated on 11 June. Barnabas is usually identified as the cousin of Mark the Evangelist on the basis of the term "anepsios" used in Colossians 4, which carries the connotation of "cousin". Orthodox tradition holds that Aristobulus of…
St. Mark the Evangelist listening to the winged lion, Lorsch Gospels (9th century)
Mark the Evangelist's symbol is the winged lion, the Lion of Saint Mark. Inscription: PAX TIBI MARCE EVANGELISTA MEVS ('peace be upon you, Mark, my evangelist'). The same lion is also the symbol of Venice (on illustration).
Festa del bocoło (rosebud festival) in St Mark's Square, Venice (Italy)
Venetian merchants with the help of two Greek monks take Mark the Evangelist's body to Venice, by Tintoretto