Philomena

FILOMENA, santa – Tiles bearing the inscription Lumena Pax Tecum Fi. (copy) – Rome, Lateran Museum.

content with the independent attitude that it aroused among the Spaniards. Even during the pontificate of Innocent X, amid the renewed jurisdictional conflicts between Spain and the Holy See, F. continued to be a tenacious and spirited champion of ecclesiastical prerogatives.

BIBL.: G. De Blasiis, A. F. e le sue contese giurisdizionali, in Archivio storico napoletano, 5-6 (1880-81); Pastor, XIII, pp. 716, 735; id., XIV (v. indice). Roberto Palmarocchi
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“FILOMENA.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), p. 804. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/filomena.