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Hierarch · 14th century

Saint Mercurius Bishop of Smolensk

Also known as Mercurius of the Kiev Caves

An ascetic of the Kiev Caves who is held to have been bishop of Smolensk in the hard years of the Tatar invasions.

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Notes

Distinct from the Martyr Mercurius of Smolensk (same day).

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints