ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 11th of August WELCOME! SAINT PHILOMENA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR 1. On May 25, 1802, during the quest for the graves of Roman martyrs in the Catacomb of Priscilla, a tomb was discovered and opened; as it contained a glass vessel it was assumed to be the grave of a martyr. The remains found in the above-mentioned tomb were shown to be those of a young maiden, and, as the name Filumena was discovered on the earthenware slabs closing the grave, it was assumed that they were those of a virgin martyr named Philumena. A YOUNG MAIDEN On June 8, 1805, the relics were translated to the church of Mungano, Diocese of Nola (near Naples), and enshrined under one of its altars. In 1827 Leo XII presented the church with the three earthenware tiles, with the inscription, which may be seen in the church even today. In consequence of the wonderful favours received in answer to prayer before the relics of the saint at Mugnano, devotion ...