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Also known as

• Marcus

Memorial

• 7 October
• confined to local calendars since 1969

Profile

Son of Priscus. Chosen 34th pope; he reigned less than a year. Believed to have built the basilica of San Marco in Rome, Italy and the Juxta Pallacinis basilica just outside the city. Issued a constitution confirming the power of the bishop of Ostia to consecrate newly elected popes. Little else is known of his life or reign.

Born

• Rome, Italy

Papal Ascension

• 18 January 336

Died

• 7 October 336 at Rome, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the catacomb of Balbina, where he had built the cemetery church

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Abbadia San Salvatore, Italy

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Mark“. CatholicSaints.Info. 26 September 2022. Web. 6 May 2024. <>