Given Mark's eyewitness account of the visit to Jesus's tomb, it is possible he was the son of either Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, or Salome.
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The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt reveres Mark (Saint Mark, or Mark the Evangelist) as its first Pope (Bishop of Alexandria).<ref>http://st-takla.org/Coptic-church-1.html</ref>
The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt reveres Mark (Saint Mark, or Mark the Evangelist) as its first Pope (Bishop of Alexandria).<ref>http://st-takla.org/Coptic-church-1.html</ref>
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== Son of a visitor to the tomb? ==
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Given Mark's eyewitness account of the visit to [[Jesus]]'s tomb, it is possible he was the son of either Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, or Salome.<ref>[[Mark 9-16 (Translated)#16:1|Mark 16:1]]</ref>