Apostle · 1st century
Apostle Mark of the Seventy
Also known as John Mark · Mark, Bishop of Byblos
A co-worker of Paul and Barnabas, also called John Mark, counted among the Seventy and remembered as Bishop of Byblos.
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Notes
Apostle of the Seventy; the OCA cycle distinguishes him from Mark the Evangelist (OS-1061). Oct 30 = his commemoration as Bishop of Apollonia.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints