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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Philomena

of Sanseverino

A martyr honored in the Western tradition; few reliable historical details survive.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Feast
July 5old style July 18
Era
6th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Philomena of Sanseverino is an early Christian martyr about whose life and death almost nothing has come down. Her relics were found in 1527 in the monastery church of San Lorenzo in Sanseverino in Piceno, Italy. An inscription says they were brought there in the time of Gothic rule, probably around 500. She is commemorated on 5 July.

We do not confuse her with the Philomena venerated since the nineteenth century, whose relics were found in a Roman catacomb: these are different traditions.

Commemorated the same day July 5