Saint Mark

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Christian saint Evangelist Gospel writer New Testament figure

Saint Mark is one of the four Evangelists of the New Testament, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Mark and the patron saint of Venice.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Mark the Evangelist	14
Saint Mark canonical	8

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5448438 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Saint Mark
Context triple: [St Mark's Square, dedicatedTo, Saint Mark]

A. Saint Mark
Saint Mark is a renowned early 15th-century marble statue by Donatello, celebrated as a landmark of Renaissance sculpture for its naturalism and expressive detail.
B. Anaphora of Saint Mark
The Anaphora of Saint Mark is an ancient Eucharistic prayer of the Alexandrian liturgical tradition, historically used in the Coptic and Greek rites.
C. See of Saint Mark
The See of Saint Mark is the ancient episcopal seat traditionally founded by Saint Mark the Evangelist in Alexandria, serving as the spiritual and historical center of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
D. lion of Saint Mark
The lion of Saint Mark is a traditional winged lion symbol associated with Saint Mark the Evangelist and famously used as the emblem of the city and Republic of Venice.
E. Saint Mark of Ephesus
Saint Mark of Ephesus was a 15th-century Eastern Orthodox bishop and theologian renowned for his staunch opposition to the Union of Florence and his defense of Orthodox doctrine against Latin theology.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Saint Mark
Target entity description: Saint Mark is one of the four Evangelists of the New Testament, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Mark and the patron saint of Venice.

A. Saint Mark
Saint Mark is a renowned early 15th-century marble statue by Donatello, celebrated as a landmark of Renaissance sculpture for its naturalism and expressive detail.
B. Anaphora of Saint Mark
The Anaphora of Saint Mark is an ancient Eucharistic prayer of the Alexandrian liturgical tradition, historically used in the Coptic and Greek rites.
C. See of Saint Mark
The See of Saint Mark is the ancient episcopal seat traditionally founded by Saint Mark the Evangelist in Alexandria, serving as the spiritual and historical center of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
D. lion of Saint Mark
The lion of Saint Mark is a traditional winged lion symbol associated with Saint Mark the Evangelist and famously used as the emblem of the city and Republic of Venice.
E. Saint Mark of Ephesus
Saint Mark of Ephesus was a 15th-century Eastern Orthodox bishop and theologian renowned for his staunch opposition to the Union of Florence and his defense of Orthodox doctrine against Latin theology.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ Evangelist ⓘ Gospel writer ⓘ New Testament figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	John Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark the Evangelist NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	founding of the Church of Alexandria ⓘ
associatedWithGospel	Gospel of Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Barnabas NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ
attributedWork	Gospel of Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultCenter	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathCause	martyrdom ⓘ
deathPlace	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	1st century ⓘ
feastDay	25 April ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	book ⓘ lion ⓘ scroll ⓘ winged man-lion ⓘ
languageOfWriting	Koine Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorShrine	Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Mark, Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ St Mark's Basilica, Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ First Epistle of Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ Pauline epistles NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationalPatronSaintOf	Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronSaintOf	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ interpreters ⓘ lawyers ⓘ lions ⓘ notaries ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
symbol	winged lion ⓘ
theologicalSignificance	one of the Four Evangelists ⓘ
traditionalRole	author of the Gospel of Mark ⓘ
traditionalTitle	Bishop of Alexandria ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutheran Church ⓘ linked to: Lutheranism Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Mark's Square → dedicatedTo → Saint Mark ⓘ

Mark → hasPatronSaint → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

linked to: Saint Mark

St Mark's Church, Newnham → hasDedication → Saint Mark ⓘ

San Marcos Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Mark ⓘ

See of Saint Mark → hasTraditionalFounder → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

linked to: Saint Mark

See of Saint Mark → hasFounder → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

linked to: Saint Mark

See of Saint Mark → namedAfter → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

linked to: Saint Mark

St Mark’s Church, Worsley → dedicatedTo → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

linked to: Saint Mark

Pope of Alexandria → foundedByTradition → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

linked to: Saint Mark

Four Apostles → depicts → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

linked to: Saint Mark

Convento de San Marcos → dedicatedTo → Saint Mark ⓘ

Winged lion → associatedWith → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

linked to: Saint Mark

Winged lion → emblemOf → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

linked to: Saint Mark

Winged lion → symbolOf → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

linked to: Saint Mark

St. Mark’s Anglican Church → dedicatedTo → Saint Mark ⓘ

St Mark’s Church, Bredbury → dedicatedTo → Saint Mark ⓘ

Marcos → nameDayAssociatedWith → Saint Mark ⓘ

Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle → namedAfter → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

linked to: Saint Mark

St. Mark Church → namedAfter → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

linked to: Saint Mark

Venetian ducat → obverseDepicts → Saint Mark ⓘ

Lion of Saint Mark → associatedWith → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

subject linked to: lion of Saint Mark

linked to: Saint Mark

Lion of Saint Mark → symbolOf → Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ

subject linked to: lion of Saint Mark

linked to: Saint Mark

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Referenced by (22)

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