Mark the Deacon

• WORKS:
  • Life of Saint Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza: Written by Porphyry's own disciple. Describes among other things how the State, at the Church's request, forcibly suppressed pagan worship (although not all ancient sources agree that Porphyry favored this.) Also describes the veneration of the True Cross in Jerusalem. Hill translation, 1913. --- MSBP