Description
The St. Philomena Medal is a small, silver medal with an icon of St. Philomena on it. The icon is a young woman with her hand to her chest, likely representing her wounds that were miraculously healed. The medal is often given to young women as a symbol of protection. St. Philomena is also the patron saint of a wide variety of people and causes, including babies and children, those trying to conceive, desperate or forgotten causes, prisoners, virgins, and youth.
St Philomena Medal
2.5cm long x 1.5cm wide
St. Philomena
About St. Philomena
St. Philomena was a Greek princess who was martyred at a young age.
Born into a Christian family in the 3rd century, St. Philomena found
herself the desire of Emperor Diocletian, who was going to war with St.
Philomenas father. When the virgin St. Philomena, believed to be
roughly 13 at the time, refused, she was subject to cruel torments like
scourging, drowning and shooting. However, in each attempt on her life,
St. Philomena was protected by angels who rescued her. Eventually,
Emperor Diocletian had the virgin martyr decapitated. Her tomb was
discovered in a catacomb the 19th century. Images on the funerary tiles
on her tomb were an anchor, a palm, a javelin, arrows and a lily.
In artwork, St. Philomena is often shown as a young woman, and for
that reason she is the patron saint to other young women, virgins or
babies. She is frequently shown with a hand to her chest, which may be
representative of her wounds that were miraculously healed or simply as a
gesture of the saint in prayer. She also is shown with the images from
her tomb, particularly the anchor, the lily or the palm.
Patronage of St. Philomena
St. Philomena is the patron saint of a wide variety of people and
causes. Among these are: babies and children, those trying to conceive,
desperate or forgotten causes, prisoners, virgins, and youth.
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