Mark the Evangelist
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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
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
St Mark's Basilica
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The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as St Mark's Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice i
Mark the Evangelist
…Mark the Evangelist can be depicted as a man with a halter around his neck and as rescuing Christian slaves from Saracens. Basilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy) Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Alexandria, Egypt…
Main façade of St Mark's Basilica at Piazza San Marco
Central nave looking east
The entry to St Mark's, believed to date to the Participazio church
Antonio Pellanda, reconstruction of the western façade of the Contarini church (1881)