Qiman al-Arus

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

Qiman al-Arus قمن العروس Koma
Qiman al-Arus Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 29°18′00″N 31°10′10″E
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Beni Suef
Population  (2006)
• Total	28,246
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

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]