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St. Mark The Apostle, Evangelist
Preacher of The Christian Faith in Africa
+ He was born in the
Pentapolis or Qairawan (Now Tunisia or Libya according to other sources)
approximately 15 years after our Lord was born.
+ He witnessed the preaching of our Lord in Palestine as well as his
passion.
+ He is the author of the earliest Gospel to be written (it was written
in Greek).
+ He was the founder of Christianity in Egypt or in Alexandria at least.
He came to Alexandria approximately 48 AD. Foot Note: According to some sources,
St. Peter preached in Babylon about the same time St. Mark was in Alexandria,
however he focused on the Jews of Babylon (A city near Memphis, Cairo now ).
+ He was martyred in 68 AD when pagans of Serapis (the Serapion-Abbis
Greek Egyptian god ) tied him to a horse's tail and dragged him through the
streets of Alexandria's district of Bokalia for two days until his body was torn
to pieces.
+ The Church celebrates his martyrdom on the 8th of May each year.
+ His head is in a church named after him in Alexandria, and parts of
his relics is in St. Mark's Cairo's Cathedral. The rest of his relics are in the
San Marco Cathedral in Venice, Italy.
+ Of his titles are : The Evangelist, the Apostle, the Witness and the
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