Hairy Silphium. _Silphium asteriscus._
Dedicated to _St. Ursula_.
~October 22.~
_St. Philip_, Bp. of Heraclea, and others, A. D. 304. _Sts. Nunilo_
and _Alodia_, A. D. 840. _St. Donatus_, Bp. of Fiesoli, in Tuscany, A.
D. 816. _St. Mello_, or _Melanius_, 4th Cent. _St. Mark_, Bp. A. D.
156.
_St. Mark, Bishop of Jerusalem._
The two first bishops of Jerusalem were “the apostle St. James and his
brother St. Simeon; thirteen bishops who succeeded them were of the
Jewish nation.” Upon an edict of the emperor Adrian, prohibiting all
Jews from coming to Jerusalem, Mark, being a Gentile Christian, was
chosen bishop of the Christians in that city, and was their first
Gentile bishop. He is said to have been martyred in 156.[360]