In 828AD Venetian merchants stole the relics of Saint Mark from a Coptic church in Alexandria and brought them home in triumph, claiming they had rescued the saint from the infidels.

• 公元828年，威尼斯商人从亚历山大港的一个科普特教会（Copticchurch）偷出使徒圣马克（SaintMark，福音书的作者，译注）的圣骨并胜利将其带回，宣称他们将圣徒从异教徒中拯救出来。