Sidi Salem (Arabic: سيدي سالم) is a city in the Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt.[1]

Sidi Salem
سيدي سالم
Sidi Salem is located in Egypt
Sidi Salem
Sidi Salem
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31°16′20″N 30°46′51″E / 31.272352°N 30.780809°E / 31.272352; 30.780809
Country Egypt
GovernorateKafr El Sheikh
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

The medieval Arabic and Coptic scholars identified the city with ancient Phragonis (Coptic: ⲡⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ, Ancient Greek: Φραγωνις, Arabic: الفراجون, romanizedal-Farājūn),[2] although the archeological findings point out to Kom al-Khawaled 7 kilometers east of Sidi Salem.[3]

Valentinus, an early Gnostic Christian theologian and founder of the Valentinianism, was believed to be native to Phragonis.[4]

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  1. ^ "شبكة الإعلام العربية محيط". Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  2. ^ "قائمة قرى محافظة كفر الشيخ". areq.net. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. ^ "TM Places". www.trismegistos.org. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  4. ^ Markschies, Christoph (1992). Valentinus Gnosticus? (in German). Tübingen, Germany: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck). pp. 315–316. ISBN 3161459938.