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Baby Name Philomena |
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| Meaning of Philomena - What does the name Philomena means? |
| Pronunciation: |
| fil-o-mee-nah |  |
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Girl Name |
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English |
| Name Meaning: |
Derived from the Greek Philomenes (lover of strength), a name composed of the elements philein (to love) and menos (strength). The name Philomena was borne by a young 3rd-century Italian martyr whose bones were found in the catacomb of Priscilla in Rome in 1802. A cult rose up around her in the 19th century, but 20th-century scholars decided the remains were not those of the Philomena in the inscription, and technology found no evidence she was martyred. In 1961 her feast day was discontinued and her shrine dismantled |
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View this name in other origins -
English, Greek |
| Shortened forms: | Phil |
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