Identified as the man who fled naked at Jesus' arrest, for 10 points, name this patron saint of Venice and traditional author of the second Synoptic Gospel.
Hippolytus referred to this man as "stump-fingered", and it has been speculated that he cut off his thumb to disqualify himself from Jewish priesthood. The Church in Egypt claims this man as its founder. The only reliable information on this man is in Philemon 24, in which he is mentioned as sending greetings to the Christians of Colossae, and the Apostolic Father Papias of Hierapolis stated that this man recorded the teachings of St. Peter. Identified as the man who fled naked at Jesus' arrest, for 10 points, name this patron saint of Venice and traditional author of the second Synoptic Gospel.
Hippolytus referred to this man as "stump-fingered", and it has been speculated that he cut off his thumb to disqualify himself from Jewish priesthood.
Saint Mark the Evangelist