{"slug": "mark-the-evangelist", "label": "Mark the Evangelist", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_the_Evangelist", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31966", "qid": "Q31966", "description": "credited author of the Gospel of Mark and Christian saint; traditionally identified with John Mark (20-68)", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [12, 828], "span_label": ["12 CE", "828 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "africa", "label": "Africa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "coptic-orthodox-church-of-alexandria", "label": "Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "venice", "label": "Venice", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christians", "label": "Christians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saint-peter", "label": "Saint Peter", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 12, "year_label": "12 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Mark the Evangelist, Christian evangelist, martyr, known for The Gospel of Mark (approximate date) (d. 68 AD)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371078816#12_AD", "title": "10s", "revid": 1371078816, "section": "Births › 12 AD"}}, {"year": 40, "year_label": "40 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Christianity comes to Egypt as a church is founded in Alexandria. Mark the Evangelist founds the Church of Alexandria as the first Patriarch (traditional date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373289291#AD_40", "title": "40s", "revid": 1373289291, "section": "Timeline › AD 40"}}, {"year": 42, "year_label": "42 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Traditional date of foundation of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria by the apostle Mark the Evangelist.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373289291#AD_42", "title": "40s", "revid": 1373289291, "section": "Timeline › AD 42"}}, {"year": 43, "year_label": "43 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "In Coptic Orthodox Christianity, Mark the Evangelist becomes the first Pope of Alexandria, thus establishing the Christian Church in Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373289291#AD_43", "title": "40s", "revid": 1373289291, "section": "Timeline › AD 43"}}, {"year": 63, "year_label": "63 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Mark the Evangelist (traditional date) (see AD 61)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330182489#Deaths", "title": "AD 63", "revid": 1330182489, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 65, "year_label": "65 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The first Christian community in Africa is founded by Mark, a disciple of Peter.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363561417#Religion", "title": "AD 65", "revid": 1363561417, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 68, "year_label": "68 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – Mark the Evangelist, pope of Alexandria", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330183058#Deaths", "title": "AD 68", "revid": 1330183058, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 336, "year_label": "336 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Pope Mark begins to build the basilica of San Marco; the church is devoted to St. Mark.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267076019#Religion", "title": "336", "revid": 1267076019, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 828, "year_label": "828 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Relics of Mark the Evangelist are stolen from Alexandria (controlled by the Abbasid Caliphate) by two Venetian merchants, and brought to Venice.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941478#Religion", "title": "828", "revid": 1340941478, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}]}