Unknown outside of this single verse (omans 16:6). She had "laboured much among" the Roman Church, hence St. Paul's salutation to her. It is only a conjecture that she is the same as the mother of John Mark.
APA citation. (1910). Mary of Romans 16:6. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09749b.htm
MLA citation. "Mary of Romans 16:6." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09749b.htm>.
Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Joseph P. Thomas. Dedicated to Mary Thomas.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. October 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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