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title: "St. Mark: Feast Day April 25 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-mark/
description: "St. Mark, Evangelist, patron of Venice and notaries. Feast day April 25, died c. 68. Read their life in Bless."
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Evangelist · Feast day April 25

# St. Mark

The feast day of St. Mark is April 25, a feast in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of Venice and notaries.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Feast day | [April 25](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/#25) |
| In the US calendar | Feast |
| Title | Evangelist |
| Died | c. 68 |
| Patron of | [Venice](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#venice), [notaries](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#notaries) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, April 25, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-mark/#calendar) |

## Life

John Mark of Jerusalem, in whose mother’s house the Church prayed while Peter sat in prison. He sailed with Paul and Barnabas, turned back once — Paul minded, Barnabas didn’t — and years later Paul asked for him again, as useful to him in the ministry.

His Gospel, the shortest and swiftest, preserves Peter’s preaching, tradition says. As founder of the church of Alexandria he was martyred there; Venice later carried off his relics and built St. Mark’s over them.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Mark as patron of Venice and notaries.

[Venice](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#venice) [Notaries](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#notaries)

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Mark. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Sunday, April 25, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/04/25/) | Fifth Sunday of Easter | White | Acts 9:26-31 · Psalm 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32 · 1 John 3:18-24 · John 15:4a, 5b · John 15:1-8 |
| [Tuesday, April 25, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/04/25/) | St. Mark, Evangelist (Feast) | Red | 1 Peter 5:5b-14 · Psalm 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17 · 1 Corinthians 1:23a-24b · Mark 16:15-20 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[April 24 St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-fidelis-of-sigmaringen/) [April 26 St. Anacletus](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-anacletus/)

[All the saints of April](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/) [Born on April 25?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#04-25) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Mark

Feast day April 25

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-mark/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-mark/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-mark/#calendar)

In the app

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