Venetians spirit away the relics of St Mark
The relics were reputedly hidden under pork
In 828 two Venetian merchants carried the relics of St Mark out of Alexandria. Tradition says they covered the basket with pork so that Muslim customs officers would not search it. Venice built St Mark's Basilica for the relics, and Mark's lion became its emblem.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Asia
- c. 850 Prambanan — 22 years later
Alive at the time
- Louis the Pious (aged 50)
- Al-Khwarizmi (aged 48)
- Charles the Bald (aged 5)