| LC control no. | nr 99008697 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mercurius, of Caesarea, Saint, -approximately 250 |
| Variant(s) | Abi Seifein, -approximately 250 Abū Sayfayn, -approximately 250 Abu Seifein, -approximately 250 Mar Qurios, -approximately 250 Mercurio, of Caesarea, Saint, -approximately 250 Mercurius, of Caesarea, Saint, d. ca. 250 Mercurius, of Caesarea, Saint, d. ca. 250 Merkourios, of Caesarea, Saint, -approximately 250 Philopater Mercurius, Saint, -approximately 250 Marqoréwos, Saint, -approximately 250 |
| Death date | 0250~ |
| Found in | Coptic ency., 1991: v. 5, p. 1592 (Mercurius of Caesarea, Saint; Abū Sayfayn; Roman army officer; commemorated by the Coptic church on 25 Hātūr; martyred in the 3rd cent. in Caesarea, Cappadocia) p. 1593 (traditionally associated with the death of Julian the Apostate in 363) Bibliotheca sanctorum, 1967: v. 9, p. 362 (Mercurio, Saint; martyr of Caesarea of Cappadocia; martyrdom placed either under Decius (249-251) or Valerian (253-260)) Oxford dictionary of Byzantium, 1991: v. 2, p. 1345 (Merkourios; Mercurius; Mar Quiros; saint; feastdays 25 and 26 Nov.; to him is ascribed the posthumous killing of Emperor Julian) Book of the saints of the Ethiopian church, 1976: p. 228 (Saint Mercurius the martyr) LC in RLIN, Sep. 21, 1999 (hdg.: Mercurius, of Caesarea, Saint, d. 250) God loves me, 1997: t.p. (Saint Philopater Mercurius "Abu Seifein") The life of the great martyr Saint Philopater Mercurius, 1997: t.p. ('Abi Seifein') Romāwiw samāʻet Qedus Marqoréwos, 2022 |
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