Philomena Roman

The main source of information about the life of Philomena is the "Revelation" of the nun Maria Louise di Gesu (1799-1875) - according to legend, the saint appeared to the nun in a vision and ordered her to tell people the story of her martyrdom. According to tradition, Filomena is considered to be a native of Corfu , who comes from a local ruling family; at the age of 13, she decided to devote her life to Jesus . Father Filomena, together with his family, came to Rome to negotiate with the emperor Diocletian , who threatened war with his possessions. Given that Corfu had been part of the Roman Empire by that time for 500 years, Diocletian could not in any way threaten the war of his own province; apparently, the conditional date is 302/304. they took according to the time of Diocletian's persecution of Christians. Fascinated by Philomena, the emperor invited her to become his wife, but she refused, mindful of her vow . By order of Diocletian, Philomena was subsequently subjected to flagellation and drowning in the Tiber , she was also shot by archers, but every time she remained unharmed with angelic help, and was eventually beheaded. Due to the nature of the torment suffered, portrayed with an anchor and arrow.

It was canonized in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI by publishing the papal ^[1] . However, such a procedure was criticized by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith during the presidency of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger , the future Pope ^{[2] [3]} . In 1961, the Catholic editions of America and Commonweal published articles claiming that Philomena was never canonized ^{[4] [5]} ; her name was never mentioned in . However, Philomena is revered as a saint by many Catholics.

Filomena is considered the patron saint of Flybano ( province of Udine , Friuli-Venezia Giulia region ) and ( province of Venice , province of Venice ).

In Russian

• Pozharsky Krzysztof. Saint Philomena Roman Virgin and Martyr. - Jesus, 2008.

In English

• Sister Marie Helene Mohr, SC, Saint Philomena, Powerful with God , Rockford, IL: TAN Books and Publishers , Inc, 1988.
• "Philomena," in David Hugh Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints , ( Oxford University Press , 2004) ISBN 0-19-860949-3
• Dr Mark Miravalle , Present Ecclesial Status of Devotion to St. Philomena , (Queenship Publishing, 2002) ISBN 1-57918-228-3
• Dr. Mark Miravalle. It is Time to Meet St. Philomena . - Queenship Publishing, 2007 .-- 51 p. - ISBN 978-15-7918-333-2 .
• Cecily Hallack. Saint Philomena: Virgin martyr and wonder worker . Dublin, Ireland; Anthonian Press, 1936

In Italian

• Giuseppe De Poveda, Memorie intorno al martirio e culto della Vergine Santa Filomena ed alla invenzione del suo corpo nel cimitero di Priscilla , 2. ed. corretta ed accresciuta d'importanti notizie dallo stesso autore, Fuligno 1833
• Francesco Di Lucia, Relazione istorica della traslazione del sacro corpo e miracoli di santa Filomena vergine e martire da Roma a Mugnano del Cardinale, 3 voll., Benevento 1834
• Francesco Di Lucia, Compendio delle memorie che riguardono S. Filomena Vergine e Martire e della traslazione del di lei sacro corpo da Roma a Mugnano , 5. ed., Napoli 1837
• Sebastiano Santucci, Sulla lapide sepolcrale di S. Filomena vergine e martire, Roma 1837
• p. Liberatore Luciano, Panegirico della gloriosa martire S. Filomena , Napoli 1859
• Gennaro Ippolito, Memorie e culto di S. Filomena v. e m. , nuova edizione rettificata e notabilmente accresciuta d'importanti notizie e di varie pratiche divote, Napoli 1870
• Bartolo Longo, Vita di Santa Filomena vergine e martire e preci in suo onore , 2. ed. molto ampliata e ricorretta, Valle di Pompei 1897
• Salvatore Di Pietro, Santa Filomena vergine e martire: cenni, coroncina, inni , 3. ed. migliorata ed accresciuta, Benigno Canavese 1899
• Culto e vita di Santa Filomena vergine e martire: preci in suo onore , 6. ed. a spese e cura del Santuario di Mugnano del Cardinale, Avella 1935
• Dante Balboni, voce Santa Filomena , in Bibliotheca Sanctorum , V, Roma 1966
• S. Filomena, vergine romana: notizie storiche , Mugnano del Cardinale 1971
• Dante Balboni, Santa Filomena: vergine romana , in Quaderni del Collegium cultorum martyrum , V (1986), pp.
• Domenico D'Andrea, I duecento anni del Santuario di Santa Filomena a Mugnano del Cardinale: 1805-2005: spigolature storiche, curiosità e ricordi , Mugnano del Cardinale 2005
• Michele Giulio Masciarelli, Filomena: una santa romana. Il giglio della verginità, la palma del martirio , Todi 2009. ISBN 978-88-6244-830-7
• Giovanni Braschi, Santa Filomena: Stella del Paradiso , Santuario Santa Filomena, Mugnano del Cardinale 2010

In German

• Th. Nelk, Die heilige Filomena, Jungfrau und Martyrin, die Wunderthäterin des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts , Altötting 1990
• Giovanni Braschi, Philomena. Die Heilige aus den Katakomben . Schmid, Durach 1991
• Jean Darche e aa., Es war einmal ...: das Einst und Jetzt der Philomena-Verehrung , Seewen 1995. ISBN 3-908542-39-1
• Gerd-Klaus Kaltenbrunner, Geliebte Philomena. Kleiner Liebesbrief an eine wiedergefundene Heilige . Theresia, Lauerz 1995. ISBN 3-908542-49-9
• Hans Reinhard Seliger, Philomena von Rom , in Lexikon der Heiligen und der Heiligenverehrung , II, Freiburg i. B. 2003. ISBN 3-451-28192-9

• about. Krzysztof Pozharsky. St. Philomena // St. Philomena of Rome, Virgin and Martyr (289-302). - SPb. : Parish of St. Stanislav, bishop and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, in St. Petersburg, 2007.
• philomena.us
• philomena.org
• Coroncina di santa filomena