In AD 68 they placed a rope around his neck and dragged him through the streets until he was dead.

On this day, which coincided with the 26th. of April 68 A.D., the great apostle St. Mark, the evangelist of the land of Egypt, was martyred.

Condemned to death, he was dragged through the streets of the city with a rope tied around his neck. A thunderstorm cut short the abuse, however, and Mark's ...

The date of Mark's death is uncertain. St. Jerome ("De Vir. Illustr.", viii) assigns it to the eighth year of Nero (62-63) (Mortuus est octavo Neronis anno ...

8 нояб. 2024 г. · Saint Mark (flourished 1st century ad, ; b. Jerusalem?—died, traditionally Alexandria, Egypt; Western feast day April 25, Eastern feast day ...

Mark died the following day, 25th April 68. The multitude of persecutors, anxious to get rid of all traces of the saint, threw his body on a fire. At this ...

25 апр. 2024 г. · The evangelist Mark died, probably between the years 68 and 72, in Alexandria, Egypt. In the Acts of Marcus (4th century) it is written that on ...

He was martyred in 68 AD when pagans of Serapis (the Serapion-Abbis Greek Egyptian god ) tied him to a horse's tail and dragged him through the streets of ...

On April 25th, 68 A.D., he was dragged through the streets of Alexandria for his faith in Christ, leaving both blood and flesh on the pavement stones. During ...