RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Philomena

291 - 304

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Philomena ( FIL-ə-MEE-nə), also known as Saint Philomena (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Φιλουμένη, romanized: Hagía Philouménē; Modern Greek: Αγία Φιλομένα, romanized: Agía Filoména) or Philomena of Rome (c. 10 January 291 – c. 10 August 304) was a virgin martyr whose remains were discovered on May 24–25, 1802, in the Catacomb of Priscilla. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philomena has received more than 1,060,317 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Philomena is the 429th most popular religious figure (up from 450th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Greece (up from 112th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Greek Religious Figure.

Philomena is most famous for her relationship with her son, Saint Anthony of Padua.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Philomenas by language

Over the past year Philomena has had the most page views in the with 136,749 views, followed by Spanish (84,977), and French (30,444). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kannada (116.64%), Egyptian Arabic (49.16%), and Indonesian (48.36%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Philomena ranks 429 out of 3,187Before her are James the Less, Pope Honorius I, Januarius, Vincent of Saragossa, Saint Titus, and Anas ibn Malik. After her are Clement of Ohrid, Dionysius Exiguus, Eber, Pope John V, Pope Leo II, and Abdullah ibn Masud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 291, Philomena ranks 2Before her is Agnes of Rome. After her is Hilarion. Among people deceased in 304, Philomena ranks 3Before her are Saint Lucy, and Vincent of Saragossa. After her are Anastasia of Sirmium, Christina of Bolsena, Saint Florian, Pope Marcellinus, Eulalia of Mérida, Pancras of Rome, Euphemia, Juliana of Nicomedia, and Saint Afra.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Philomena ranks 99 out of 1,024Before her are Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Alexander of Greece (1893), Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Aristides (-550), and Saint Titus (13). After her are Agrippina the Elder (-14), Nestor (null), Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), John V Palaiologos (1332), and Melissus of Samos (-470).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Philomena ranks 7Before her are Saint Stephen (1), Pope Sixtus II (215), Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270), Pope Dionysius (200), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), and Saint Titus (13). After her are Antipope Alexander V (1339), Pope Hyginus (100), Pope Eleutherius (171), Saint Giles (640), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), and Athenagoras of Athens (133).