Pope Mark [SEP] place of death
" and "Depositio martyrum" were begun during his pontificate. Per the "Liber Pontificalis", Pope Mark issued a constitution investing the Bishop of Ostia with a pallium and confirming his power to consecrate newly elected popes. Also per the "Liber Pontificalis", Pope Mark is credited with the foundation of the Basilica of San Marco in Rome, and a cemetery church over the Catacomb of Balbina, just outside the city on lands obtained as a donation from Emperor Constantine.
Mark died of natural causes and was buried in
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