Coma, Egypt

Coma (Greek: Κομά, Komá) was a village near Heracleopolis Magna in Upper Egypt in late antiquity. It was famed as the birthplace of St. Anthony,[1] whose hagiography claimed his family was wealthy and owned sizable estates in the area in the early 3rd century AD.

References

Citations
  1. EB (1878).

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


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