Mary, Mother of John Mark

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Generally known as Marist School Brothers. This religious teaching institute is modern in its origin, having been founded in 1817, in France, by Benedict Marcellin Champagnat

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Mary, the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark (Acts 12:12). We know nothing of her; but from the fact that a meeting of the Church was held in her house, we may conclude that she was possessed of some wealth. She may have been a widow, for her husband's name would presumably have been given in place of hers, had he been alive.

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APA citation. Pope, H. (1910). Mary the Mother of John Mark. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09749a.htm

MLA citation. Pope, Hugh. "Mary the Mother of John Mark." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09749a.htm>.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. October 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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Source Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) · Letter M

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