Philomena

LC control no.	n 84043975
Personal name heading	Philomena *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Philomena, Saint Philumena Filomena
Found in	Vida y milagros de Santa Filomena ... 1836: t.p. (Santa Filomena) Holweck, F.G. Bio dict. of the saints, 1924: p. 814 (Philumena, V., M.) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Philomena, Saint) New Cath. ency.: v. 11, p. 292 (Philomena, St., legend of; on April 18, 1961, the Congregation of Rites struck Philomena's name from the list of saints for lack of historical evidence) Delaney, J. Dict. of Cath. bio., 1961: p. 931 (Philomena; her cult authorized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1837; however, in 1961, because she had been venerated because of popular fervor rather than liturgical fact, the church removed her name from the calendar of saints) The Book of saints, 1966: p. 577 (Philomena (Philumena) shrine was dismantled and cultus forbidden by decree of Rome, 1961)
Not found in	Ency. Britannica; Collier's ency.