The Apologists · AD 130–180
Marcus of Alexandria
d. c. 152 · Bishop of Alexandria · Alexandria
The Apologists
Who Marcus of Alexandria was
Eighth bishop of Alexandria, about ten years in office under Antoninus Pius. Distinguished by his see from Mark the Evangelist who founded it and from Marcus, first Gentile bishop of Jerusalem, in the same generation.
Also listed in the bishops of Alexandria.
Common questions
When did Marcus die?
Marcus of Alexandria is dated d. c. 152 in the archive, which places Marcus in the Apologists (AD 130–180). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Marcus?
Marcus of Alexandria is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Eusebius of Caesarea and Jerome of Stridon. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Marcus from?
The archive associates Marcus of Alexandria with Alexandria.
Who were Marcus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Marcus of Alexandria to 2 other figures, including Eumenes of Alexandria and Celadion of Alexandria. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (2)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Ecclesiastical History IV.11
c. AD 325…Marcus, having held the episcopate of Alexandria ten years, was succeeded by Celadion.Eusebius of Caesarea · IV.11 · source text
Chronicle of Jerome (the Alexandrian succession)
c. AD 380Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 95 · Domitian’s reprisals, AD 95
- AD 96 · Rome writes to Corinth: 1 Clement, AD 96
- AD 112 · Pliny writes Trajan, AD 112
- AD 117 · Symeon and Ignatius martyred, AD 117
- AD 135 · Bar Kokhba crushed; Aelia Capitolina, AD 135
- AD 144 · Marcion expelled at Rome, AD 144
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Marcus.