They say St.Mark had a tame lion, and used to travel with him--and every where that St.Mark went, the lion was sure to go.

It was his protector, his friend, his librarian.

And so the Winged Lion of St.Mark, with the open Bible under his paw, is a favorite emblem in the grand old city.

It casts its shadow from the most ancient pillar in Venice, in the Grand Square of St.Mark, upon the throngs of free citizens below, and has so done for many a long century.

The winged lion is found every where--and doubtless here, where the winged lion is, no harm can come.
St.Mark died at Alexandria, in Egypt.