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English: This statue of the Lion of St. Mark is outside the Bishop's Palace in Galveston. The Lion of Saint Mark is a winged lion that symbolically represents John Mark the Evangelist. It is a symbol used to give an immediate and unique sign of identity and power.
The Lion of Saint Mark, representing Mark the Evangelist, pictured in the form of a winged lion, is an aspect of the Tetramorph. On the pinnacle of St Mark's Cathedral he is depicted as holding a Bible , and surmounting a golden lion which is the symbol of the city of Venice and formerly of the Venetian Republic .
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