St. Philomena
Banner by Featured Artist
The Living Heart Co

Celebrate the virgin martyr, St. Philomena, patron saint of infants, babies, and youth with this banner design based on a painting from The Living Heart Co.

In 1802, the remains of a young girl around 13 years old were discovered in Italy along with three tiles bearing the inscription “Peace be with you, Philomena.” Embedded in the cement was a small glass phial with vestiges of what was taken to be blood. In accordance with the assumptions of the time, the remains were taken to be those of a virgin martyr named Philomena.⁣
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Soon after her remains were transported to their final resting place in Mugnano, Italy reports of miraculous healings began surfacing, giving rise to a devotion to the mystery martyr. In 1833 a nun named Mother Maria Luisa di Gesù, reported to her confessor that she experienced a vision in which Philomena revealed the story of her life. ⁣
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Pope Gregory XVI in a papal decree, granted official ecclesiastical recognition of the sanctity of St. Philomena, virgin and martyr. The Pontiff, fully aware of the absence of any historical account of the martyr saint “Filumena,” granted to her the privileges of public liturgical veneration based upon the foundation of the great quantity of miracles ecclesiastically documented and recognized as having occurred through her direct intercession. So while not officially a canonized saint, many holy men and women, including St John Vianney St. Pio of Pietrelcina and have had strong devotions to St. Philomena and attributed countless miracles to her intercession. ⁣

Product Dimensions: 33″ x 84″

This banner is approximately 84″ tall. It is printed on durable, high quality polypropylene media with archival inks.