John Mark

John Mark
St. Mark by Frans Hals, c. 1625
Apostle of the Seventy, Bishop of Byblos[1]
Died	First century AD
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches
Feast	September 27[1]

John Mark (Greek: Ἰωάννης Μάρκος, romanized: Iōannēs Markos) is named in the Acts of the Apostles as an assistant accompanying Paul and Barnabas on their missionary journeys. Traditionally he is regarded as identical with Mark the Evangelist, the traditional writer of the Gospel of Mark.