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The next morning, the man went to dig under that old house. Then he smelled perfume, and at the same time he saw the body of the saint. The news spread quickly and many people came to take a look at the blessed body. They moved it to the village's Church until they built a new church bearing his name, and Mercurius' body was buried there with respect and devotion.
A few years later, the Armenian Patriarch Catholicos visited Egypt and met with the Egyptian Patriarch. The latter asked him if Egypt could have part of the relics of Saint Mercurius to be placed in the church that bears his name in old Cairo. On 9 Baounah (16 June) part of the blessed body was offered to Egypt.
Today, the saint's relics are preserved in [http://www.ains.net.au/~johnh/Album/Saints/St_Mercurius_Convent_1.htm the Coptic Orthodox church and convent named after him in Old Cairo, Egypt].
