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Venerable (Monastic) · 5th century

Saint Mark the Ascetic

Also known as Mark the Faster · Mark the Hermit · Mark the Monk

Born in Athens, he became a monk in the desert of Egypt and was renowned for his ascetic life and knowledge of Scripture, said to know the whole Bible by heart. Several of his ascetic and theological discourses survive.

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Notable Works

On Those Who Think They Are Made Righteous by Works
On the Spiritual Law

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints