St. Philomena
Aug 11
Martyr and Patron Saint of infants, babies, youth and the Living Rosary
St. Philomena, a mysterious saint whose life and heroic death were not uncovered for a millennia and a half after she died. Philomena (meaning “daughter of light”) lay quietly in her resting place in Rome for over 1,600 years. Then, in His infinite wisdom, God decided it was time to reveal this pearl of great price to the whole world and she made her “debut” in 1802, when the bones of a female between the ages of 13 and 15 were discovered in the catacomb of St. Priscilia.