Qiman al-Arus

Qiman al-Arus

قمن العروس
Koma
Qiman al-Arus قمن العروس Koma
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Qiman al-Arus (

Ancient Greek: Κομά, Komá)^[1] is a village in the Beni Suef Governorate of Egypt

The city's name comes from

Ancient Egyptian: Tꜣ-jꜣd.t-kꜣ-mn, lit. 'the-field-of-the-lasting(?)-bull'.^[2]

It is famed as the birthplace of St. Anthony, whose hagiography claimed his family was wealthy and owned sizable estates in the area in the early 3rd century AD.^[3]

References

^ Stefan, Timm (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. pp. 2154–2156.
^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 73.
^ EB (1878).

"Saint Anthony" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. II (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, p. 106.

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