Philomena

Philomena (/ˌfɪləˈmnə/ FIL-ə-MEE-nə), also known as Saint Philomena (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Φιλουμένη, romanized: Hagía Philouménē; Modern Greek: Αγία Φιλομένα, romanized: Agía Filoména) or Philomena of Rome (c. 10 January 291  c. 10 August 304) was a virgin martyr whose remains were discovered on May 24–25, 1802, in the Catacomb of Priscilla. Three tiles enclosing the tomb bore an inscription, Pax Tecum Filumena (i.e. "Peace be unto you, Philomena"), that was taken to indicate that her name (in the Latin of the inscription) was Filumena (Ancient Greek: φιλουμένη, romanized: philouménē, lit.'beloved'), the English form of which is Philomena. Philomena is the patron saint of infants, babies, and youth, and is known as "The Wonderworker".


Philomena
Santa Philomena, 18th-century depiction
Virgin and martyr
Bornc. 10 January 291
Greece
Diedc. 10 August 304
(aged c. 13)
Rome, Italy
Cause of deathCapital punishment by decapitation
Venerated inCatholic Church
Oriental Orthodoxy
Canonized30 January 1837, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal State by Pope Gregory XVI
Major shrineSanctuary of Saint Philomena in Mugnano del Cardinale
FeastAugust 11
AttributesMartyr's palm, crown of both white and red roses, arrows, anchor, sometimes a partially slit throat
Catholic cult suppressed
14 February 1961

The remains were moved to Mugnano del Cardinale in 1805. There, they became the focus of widespread devotion; several miracles were credited to Philomena's intercession, including the healing of Pauline Jaricot in 1835, which received wide publicity. John Vianney attributed to her intercession the extraordinary cures that others attributed to him.

From 1837 to 1961, celebration of her liturgical feast was approved for some places, but was never included in the General Roman Calendar for universal use. The 1920 typical edition of the Roman Missal included a mention of her, under August 11, in the section headed Missae pro aliquibus locis ("Masses for some places"), with an indication that the Mass to be used in those places was one from the common of a virgin martyr, without any collect proper to the saint.

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