Coma ( grc-gre, Κομά, ''Komá'') was a village near
Heracleopolis Magna
Heracleopolis Magna ( grc-gre, Μεγάλη Ἡρακλέους πόλις, ''Megálē Herakléous pólis'') and Heracleopolis (, ''Herakleópolis'') and Herakleoupolis (), is the Roman name of the capital of the 20th nome of ancient Upper Eg ...
in
Lower Egypt
Lower Egypt ( ar, مصر السفلى '; ) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur. Historically, ...
in
late antiquity
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. It was famed as the birthplace of
St. Anthony, whose
hagiography
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claimed his family was wealthy and owned sizable estates in the area in the early 3rd century AD.
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Former populated places in Egypt
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