On 31st January 828 the relics of the Patron Saint Mark were brought from Alexandria, to Venice where they were received by the duke (Doge).
In those days relics were a powerful social and economic unifier, attracting pilgrims and merchants. So all relics were welcomed, and those of St. Mark particularly since it was this saint who had evangelised the people of the Veneto, becoming their patron saint and emblem in the form of a winged lion armed with a sword and with a book in which the words Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus (Peace to You Mark My Evangelist) could be read.
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