On his discussion of the Alexandrian apostolic succession:
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Marcian [1] was the successor of Eumenius, of whom nothing whatever is known : and Marcian was followed by Celadion. [A History of the Holy Eastern Church p. 15]
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[1] Eusebius (HE 4.6) terms him Mark ; and it is probable, as Sollerius has observed, that this was his real name, but was altered by the Egyptians out of reverence to the Evangelist ; just as in the Roman Church no Pope has ever been named Peter. No Alexandrian Patriarch bore the name of Mark till the beginning of the ninth.
On the similarity of the sounds of the name 'Marcian' and 'Marcion' in Greek, see Joseph P Smith's notes to Irenaeus' Proof of the Apostolic Preaching:
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A "brother Marcianus" is also named as the author of the Martyrium Polycarpi, and some have sought to identify him with the addressee of the Proof; but the reading "Marcion" is regarded as more likely than "Marcianus" in the Martyrium
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Smith also notes in the footnotes "the name Marcianus ought doubtless to have been englished 'Marcian" but the latter form agrees in sound with "Marcion."
12-03-2011, 04:00 PM
John Neal on Why the Alexandrians Renamed Mark 'Marcian' in their Historical Records
