In his native town he started his schooling. High School starts in Vienna and at the Jesuit College in Graz finishes his studies in philosophy and physics. Persuaded by entered seminary in the famous Roman Institute Germanicum et Hungaricum where his hand Križevačnin enrolled as a Croat (Croata). He briefly returned to his Zagreb diocese and later took over as director of the seminary in Trnava. At the time of the Thirty Years War he was in Kosice (Slovakia), which at that time were heavily influenced by Calvinist. In one of the actions of "cleansing" of Catholics, along with the Jesuits Melchior Grodziecki and Istvan Pongrazc he was arrested, tortured and brutally murdered seventh rujna 1619th (Košické martyrs). Pope John Paul II declared them saints 1995th in Kosice. St. Mark Križevčanin protector Diocese of Varaždin and Koprivnica križevačka. Celebrated on the seventh day of death September, aa central celebration in Križevci that on that day a great pilgrimage destination.