Coma, Egypt
Coma (Greek: Κομά, Komá) was a village near Heracleopolis Magna in Lower 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.
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- "Saint Anthony", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. II, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, p. 106 .
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