Saint Mark:
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+  He was born in the Pentapolis or Qairawan (Now Tunisia or Libya according
   to other sources) approximately 15 years after our Lord was born.

+  He witnessed the preaching of our Lord in Palestine as well as
   his passion.

+  He is the author of the earliest Gospel to be written (it was written
   in Greek). 

+  He was the founder of Christianity in Egypt or in Alexandria at least.
   He came to Alexandria approximately 48 AD.
   Foot Note: According to some sources, St. Peter preached in Babylon
   about the same time St. Mark was in Alexandria, however he focussed
   on the Jews of Babylon (A city near Memphis, Cairo now ).

+  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 Alexandria's district of Bokalia for two days until his
   body was torn to pieces.

+  The Church celebrates his martyrdom on the 8th of May each year.

+  His head is in a church named after him in Alexandria, and parts of his
   relics is in St. Mark's Cairo's Cathedral. The rest of his relics are in
   the San Marco Cathedral in Venice, Italy.

+  Of his titles are :  The Evangelist, the Apostle, the Witness and the
   Martyr.