Bible Dictionaries
Hermas

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Mercury, a Roman Christian to whom Paul sends greetings (Romans 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.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Hermas'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​h/hermas.html. 1897.