Saint Mark, Evangelist

Item Number: P87

Size: 9" (22.9cm)
(Marco, Markus) [died c. 75], EVANGELIST, Cousin of St. Barnabas, fellow prisoner and helper of St. Paul. A gifted storyteller, whose Gospel revealed to the pagan world the Good News that Jesus was the Son of God. His symbol is the winged lion, one of the four beasts of Ezekiel. He is patron of notaries and of Egypt and Venice. His feast is April 25.