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Marcus

2nd century founder of the Marcosian Gnostic sect
Person human Q864925

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
200
Date of death
200
Place of birth
Roman Egypt
Occupation
theologian, gnostic, religious leader, clergyman, heretic
Facet of
Marcosians[12]
End of work period
180[15]
Floruit
150[13]
Influenced by
Valentinianism[9]
Praenomen
Marcus[16]
Residence
Anatolia[11]
Start of work period
160[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Marco en Marcus en Mark the Heretic en Mark the Mage en Marc de Marcus Gnosticus de Markos de Markos der Magier de Markus der Magier es Marc ja マルコス ko 마르쿠스 nl Marc nl Marco nl Marcus de Magiër tr Markus
🔖 Identifiers · 15
VIAF cluster ID
817159234088.9B (7.8M–817159234088.9B, n=3)
GND ID
102398399
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00285087
CIRIS author ID
1333
DDB person (GND) ID
102398399
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
102398399
Freebase ID
/m/03hj53y
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1238gfq0, /g/122dlgcg, /g/120ykwjp
IxTheo authority ID
690449828
McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID
M/marcus-the-heresiarch
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810666553105606
Parsifal cluster ID
85465
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RERO ID (legacy)
A010186730
TLG author ID
1823
Trismegistos author ID
7969

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
theologian, heretic
Influenced by 1
Valentinianism
Instance of 1
human
Residence 1
Anatolia
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Marcus was born in Roman Egypt[1]. He was born in 200[2]. He died in 200[3]. He worked as a theologian[4], gnostic[5], religious leader[6], clergyman[7], and heretic[8].

FAQs

Where was Marcus born?

Marcus was born in Roman Egypt[1].

What did Marcus do for work?

Marcus worked as theologian[4], gnostic[5], religious leader[6], clergyman[7], and heretic[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → theologian, gnostic, religious leader +2
    Instance of → —
    Work period end → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'gl', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', 'pt', 'sh', 'sw', 'tr']
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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