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Saint Mark...The Evangelist |
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St. Mark.....( the Evangelist )
the Evangelist, and the Martyr was the preacher of Egypt, the first pope of Alexandria, and one of the 70 disciples. He was martyred in A.D. 68, and was buried in Baucalia Church in Alexandria. In A.D. 829, some Venetians stole away the body of St. Mark leaving the head. The holy head was moved to many places to be eventually reposed at St. Mark cathedral in Alexandria. On the occasion of 19th . centenury anneversary of St.Mark's martyrdom, in 1968 some relics of St.Mark's Body were restored to Egypt, and are lying under the main sanctuary of the new Cathedral of St. Mark. |
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