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ICON
Saint Mercurius
(Abu Saifain)

A traditional depiction of St. Mercurius vanquishing the roman Emporer, Julian the Apostate.
 
 

LOCATION
Church of St. Mercurius
Old Cairo
 
 

Source:  Coptic Icons, vol. I
(Cairo, Egypt:  Lehnert & Landrock, 1998):  86.