SAINT MARK, BISHOP - 21 MAY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY

Saints celebrated on the 21st of May

SAINT MARK, BISHOP

Saint Mark (Marcus), a bishop in Egypt, became a "confessor" under the Arian Constantius, and died, expelled from his seat, in the desert of Barca. 

The Roman Martyrology* does not name him (as Migne* erroneously says), but generally it does commemorate those saints who suffered during Constantius' persecution of the orthodox Catholic Christians.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Mark may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.