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Qiman al-Arus

Qiman al-Arus

Place in Beni Suef, Egypt

Qiman al-Arus (Arabic: قمن العروس, Coptic: ⲧⲕⲉⲙⲏⲛ, Ancient Greek: Κομά, Komá)[1] is a village in the Beni Suef Governorate of Egypt.

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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

Citations

  1. [1]
    Stefan, Timm (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. pp. 2154–2156.
  2. [2]
    Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 73.
  3. [3]
    EB (1878).

Bibliography

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


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