# Philomena

> A child martyr whose bones were found in 1802 with nothing but a name scratched on three tiles — and then the miracles started. By the 1830s, cures across Europe were being credited to her intercession, and a French priest insisted every healing tied to him was actually her work.

*Christian saint, martyr and wonderworker*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/philomena

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 0291-01-10
- **Died:** 0304-08-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Her remains surfaced in Rome's Catacomb of Priscilla in May 1802, sealed behind tiles reading "Pax Tecum Filumena" — peace be with you, Philomena. That fragment and the bones were all that survived of a girl believed to have died around 304. Three years later the relics were moved to Mugnano del Cardinale, where they became a pilgrimage magnet. In 1835, the healing of Pauline Jaricot drew international attention, and John Vianney, the famed curé, deflected credit for his own reported miracles onto Philomena's intercession. Her feast gained regional approval in 1837, though Rome never elevated her to the universal calendar. She remains the patron saint of infants and youth, called "The Wonderworker" for the cures that followed her rediscovery.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomena)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466428)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Philomena)
- [Filomena de Roma](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filomena_de_Roma)
- [Svatá Filoména](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%A1_Filom%C3%A9na)
- [Philomena von Rom](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomena_von_Rom)
- [Φιλομένα](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B1)
- [Filomena (santa)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filomena_(santa))
- [Filomena](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filomena)
- [Philomène (sainte)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philom%C3%A8ne_(sainte))
- [פילומנה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%94)
- [Sveta Filomena](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveta_Filomena)
- [Szent Filoména](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szent_Filom%C3%A9na)
- [Filomena](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filomena)
- [Filomena di Roma](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filomena_di_Roma)
- [フィロメナ (聖人)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A1%E3%83%8A_(%E8%81%96%E4%BA%BA))
- [ಸಂತ ಫಿಲೋಮಿನಾ](https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A4_%E0%B2%AB%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE)
- [필로메나](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%84%EB%A1%9C%EB%A9%94%EB%82%98)
- [Philomena Romana](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomena_Romana)
- [سانتا فیلومنا](https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7)
- [Santa Filumena](https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Filumena)
- [Filomena](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filomena)
- [Filomena (dziewica)](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filomena_(dziewica))
- [Filomena de Roma](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filomena_de_Roma)
- [Филомена Римская](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F)
- [القديسة فيلومينا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7)
- [القديسه فيلومينا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7)

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