[Rank]
S. Marci Papae Confessoris;;Simplex;;1.1;;vide C4

[Rule]
vide C4;

[Oratio]
Gratiously hear our supplications, O Lord, and for the sake of thy Blessed~
Confessor and Bishop Mark, grant to us in thy mercy both pardon and peace.
$Per Dominum

[Commemoratio]
!Commemoratio Ss. Martyrum Sergii, Bacchi, Marcelli and Apuleji
@Commune/C3:Oratio proper
$Oremus
Pause there to come upon us, O Lord, a grace from the blessed and worthy~
wrestling of thine holy Martyrs Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus, and Apuleius,~
fanning ever in us the fire of the love of thyself.
$Per Dominum

[Lectio93]
!Commemoratio S. Marci Papae
This Mark was a Roman, who sat as Pope in the reign of the Emperor Constantine~
the Great. He ordained that the Bishop of Ostia, by whom the Bishop of Rome is~
consecrated, should use the Pallium. He built two Churches, one in the city and~
the other on the Ardeatine Way, which Constantine enlarged and richly gifted.~
Mark lived as Pope eight months, and was buried in the Cemetery of Balbina.
&teDeum
