Alexandria
About this date: The map's approximate 50 is not a securely documented foundation year. Eusebius, Church History 2.16.1 and 2.24, wrote in the early fourth century about Mark and Annianus in the first century. His report must be distinguished from an eyewitness account.
Mark’s foundation tradition and the Alexandrian school inform Coptic self-understanding.
Key points
- Mark’s foundation tradition and the Alexandrian school inform Coptic self-understanding.