Marcus of Jerusalem
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Mark or Mahalia, sixteenth bishop of Jerusalem (served 135 – died 156) was the first non-Jewish bishop of Jerusalem, renamed as Aelia Capitolina.
Saint Mark of Jerusalem | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Aelia Capitolina | |
| Died | 156 |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Feast | 22 October |
His secretary was traditionally thought to have been Aristo of Pella, though the Armenian chronicler Movses Khorenatsi’s evidence for this is insufficient, late (7th Century) and ambiguous.[1]
He is listed in the Roman Martyrology on Oct. 22.[2] His successor was the Bishop Cassianus of Jerusalem.
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