Mercury, a Roman Christian to whom Paul sends greetings (Rom. 16: 14). Some suppose him to have been the author of the celebrated religious romance called The Shepherd, but it is very probable that that work is the production of a later generation.
Mercury; gain; refuge ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
(Mercury), the name of a Christian resident at Rome to whom St. Paul sends greetings in his Epistle ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary