Also, the remains of a young girl were found in an ancient grave (1st century A.D.). She appears to have died of a head injury which fractured her skull. The marble over her burial (whether related to her or not) was broken up and was in bad condition but ONE of several ways of piecing it back together suggested the name Philomena. If you have anything else as to this St. Philomena of provable facts of her life and the sources of those facts, I WOULD be interested. If I understand correctly, a group of local enthusiasts living where she had been buried, decided that she must have been martyred (in defense of her chastity and the Faith) and invented a legend out of whole cloth. She might have fallen off a crumbling wall onto her head quite accidentally. I will be happy to learn that I am wrong on this score because every actual saint is an encouragement and a victory of and for God. As a certain TV talkmeister might say: What am I missing here (about Philomena, saint or otherwise only!)?
I only respond to you because you ping me when I have asked not to be pinged by SSPX and its sympathizers.
"No less devoted to the little saint was our beloved St. Pius X. Costly gifts, among them the magnificent gold ring already mentioned, were given by him to her shrine. He often spoke warmly of her and manifested his devotion to her in various ways. Pope Saint Pius X raised the Archconfraternity of Saint Philomena to a Universal Archconfraternity and named St. John Vianney its Patron. This Pope and great Saint of Holy Mother the Church solemnly declared:
'...to discredit the present decisions and declarations concerning Saint Philomena as not being permanent, stable, valid and effective, necessary of obedience, and in full-effect for all eternity, proceeds from an element that is null and void and without merit or authority.' (1912)"
Why, it almost seems as though you are calling a Sainted Pope a liar. Interesting.