FILEMONE of TERAIDE, saint. – Martyr, died under Diocletian. According to his legendary Passio, F. was a theatrical actor. Having converted to Christianity, he suffered martyrdom at Antinoe together with five others. His feast among the Latins is on 8 March, and at Constantinople on 14 December.
BIBL.: Acta SS. Masi, I, Antwerp 1658, pp. 710–26; H. Delahaye, Les origines du culte des martyrs, 2nd ed., Paris 1933, p. 218 ff.; Martyr, Romanum, p. 89.