Mark, bishop of Jerusalem d. 156

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St Mark d. 156
October 22

Mark, sixteenth bishop of Jerusalem, was the first bishop of Jerusalem not of Jewish descent.

Being the bishop of Jerusalem during the first couple of centuries AD was hazardous to your health. The Apostle James and his brother Simeon were the first two. Mark’s immediate predecessor, Judas, was among the Christians massacred in 134 by Barchokebas.

About that time, Emperor Adrian leveled the old Jerusalem and built a city down the road as the new capital but forbade Jews from living there. Mark was chosen by the Gentiles to govern our Church in this new Jerusalem.

Mark was a very learned and holy man. He was bishop for twenty years. He died a martyr in 156.

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