During a renovation in the 1940s, the Syrian Orthodox Church found a 6th century Aramaic inscription here that referred to St. Mark. Today it is a chapel commemorating his residence in Jerusalem. Some scholars see hidden in Mark’s narrative hints of the gospel’s intended audience. By the end of the second century, Clement of Alexandria said with confidence that Mark wrote his gospel from Rome. This is no doubt linked to the widely held tradition of Peter’s martyrdom in Rome