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[[Image:StAbouSaifain.jpg|thumb|[[Coptic]] [[icon]] of St. Philopater Mercurius ''Abu-Saifain'']][[Image:St Mercurius - Byzantine icon.jpg|thumb|200 px|Byzantine fresco with Saint Mercurius. Ohrid, 1295]]The holy [[martyr]] '''Philopater Mercurius''' lived in the third century. He is also known as the [[saint]] with the two swords (transliterated Arabic: ''Abu-Saifain''), and was martyred on 25 [[Coptic Calendar|Hatour]] ([[December 4|4 December]]), 250 A.D.
== Biography ==