RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Philomena

291 - 304

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Philomena ( 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philomena is the 560th most popular religious figure (down from 429th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Greece (down from 99th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Greek Religious Figure.

Philomena is most famous for her relationship with her son, Saint Anthony of Padua.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Philomena ranks 560 out of 3,187. Before her are Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari, Zaynab bint Khuzayma, Uwais al-Qarani, Pope Leo VIII, Moses the Black, and Saint Menas. After her are Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, Jehoshaphat, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, Paul of Thebes, Rose of Lima, and Archduke Rudolf of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 291, Philomena ranks 2. Before her is Agnes of Rome. After her is Hilarion. Among people deceased in 304, Philomena ranks 6. Before her are Saint Lucy, Saint Florian, Vincent of Saragossa, Pope Marcellinus, and Anastasia of Sirmium. After her are Christina of Bolsena, Pancras of Rome, Eulalia of Mérida, Juliana of Nicomedia, Euphemia, and Saint Afra.

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    Agnes of Rome

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    291 - 305

    HPI: 79.22

    Rank: 1

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    Philomena

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    291 - 304

    HPI: 73.04

    Rank: 2

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    Hilarion

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    291 - 372

    HPI: 65.87

    Rank: 3

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Philomena ranks 121 out of 1,024. Before her are Berenice I of Egypt (-340), Polycrates (-600), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Saint Titus (13), Critias (-460), and Phryne (-371). After her are Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Scopas (-395), Phaedrus (-20), Lysias (-445), and Ictinus (-500).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Philomena ranks 10. Before her are Pope Dionysius (200), Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270), Pope Hyginus (100), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), and Saint Titus (13). After her are Antipope Alexander V (1339), Saint Giles (640), Porphyry of Gaza (347), Phoebe (50), Nicholas Kabasilas (1322), and Athenagoras of Athens (133).

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