The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Pope Mark
d. 7 October AD 336 · Bishop of Rome (336) · Rome
The Nicene Age
Who Pope Mark was
Bishop of Rome for eight months in 336, credited by the Liber Pontificalis with regularizing the record-keeping of the Roman church — the ordering of the Depositio episcoporum and Depositio martyrum lists that underlie the Chronography of 354. He founded the basilica that still bears his name and was buried in the catacomb of Balbina.
Also listed in the bishops of Rome.
Common questions
When did Pope Mark die?
Pope Mark is dated d. 7 October AD 336 in the archive, which places Pope Mark in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400).
Which early sources mention Pope Mark?
Pope Mark is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from The Roman Chronograph of 354 and Liber Pontificalis. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Pope Mark from?
The archive associates Pope Mark with Rome.
Who were Pope Mark’s contemporaries?
The archive links Pope Mark to 2 other figures, including Constantine the Great and Eusebius of Rome. 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.
Depositio Episcoporum, in the Chronography of 354 (Rome, compiled AD 336–354; original Latin, working translation)
c. AD 354[Near-contemporary entry in the Roman church's own burial register — the very record-keeping his pontificate is credited with ordering.] The Nones of October: Mark, in the cemetery of Balbina.The Roman Chronograph of 354 · source text
Liber Pontificalis, Life of Mark (compiled c. AD 530; original Latin, working translation)
c. AD 535[~200 years later, the papal book's notice.] He ordained that the bishop of Ostia, who consecrates the bishop of Rome, should use the pallium; and he built two basilicas — one on the Ardeatine Way, where he rests, and one within the city, by the Pallacinae.Liber Pontificalis · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 268 · Antioch deposes Paul of Samosata, AD 268
- AD 272 · Aurelian awards the Antioch church, AD 272
- AD 301 · Hripsime and her company, AD 301
- AD 303 · The Great Persecution begins, AD 303
- AD 303 · The search of the church at Cirta, AD 303
- AD 306 · The Council of Elvira, AD 306
- AD 311 · Galerius’ edict of Serdica, AD 311
- AD 313 · The Edict of Milan, AD 313
- AD 314 · The Council of Arles, AD 314
- AD 320 · Silvanus tried before Zenophilus, AD 320
- AD 325 · The Council of Nicaea, AD 325
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Pope Mark.
- 1Rome