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Filomena Fortes
Filomena is a form of the Greek female given name Philomena. It means "friend of strength" (φιλος (philos) "friend, lover" and μενος (menos) "mind, purpose, strength, courage") or "loved one" (φιλουμενη (philoumene) meaning "loved"). Filomena is the name of one of the storytellers in the frame story of '' The Decameron''. People with the name Filomena *Filomena Barros Dos Reis, East Timorese activist *Filomena Campus, Italian singer *Filomena Cautela, Portuguese presenter * Filomena Costa, Portuguese runner * Filomena Dato, Spanish writer * Filomena Delli Castelli, Italian politician * Filomena Embaló, Bissau-Guinean writer *Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė, Lithuanian artist *Filomena Margaiz, Mexican politician * Filomena Moretti, Italian guitarist * Filomena Rotiroti, Canadian politician * Filomena Tassi, Canadian politician * Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote, Bissau-Guinean politician * Filomena Trindade, Angolan handball player *Filomena Valenzuela Goye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philomena (given Name)
Philomena (c. 291–c. 304) was a young woman believed by some to have been a Christian martyr In Christianity, a martyr is a person considered to have died because of their testimony for Jesus or faith in Jesus. In years of the early church, stories depict this often occurring through death by sawing, stoning, crucifixion, burning at th .... Other people named Philomena include: *Petrus de Dacia (mathematician), 13th-century Danish mathematician also called Philomena *Philomena Begley (born 1950), Irish country music singer *Philomena Essed (born 1955), Dutch-born professor of race, gender and leadership studies *Philomena Garvey (1926–2009), Irish golfer *Philomena Gianfrancisco (1923–1992), outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League *Philomena Lee (born 1933), Irish nurse forced to give up her baby for adoption **''Philomena (film), Philomena'', a 2013 film based on Philomena Lee's story *Philomena Mantella, American university administrator *P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė
Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė (born 17 April 1942 in Mažeikiai) is a Lithuanian set designer and painter. Biography In 1965, she graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Fine Arts. She worked at the Lithuanian Radio and Television Committee in 1965–1968, at the Lithuanian Film Studio in 1968–1986, and the Lithuanian National Radio and Television in 1986–1999. Works Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė created scenic design and costumes for about 40 different plays, including plays staged by the Kaunas Drama Theatre ('' King Matt the First'' by Janusz Korczak in 1969; ''Black Comedy'' by Peter Shaffer in 1971), Kaunas State Musical Theatre (''Three Evenings'' by in 1966; ''Silva'' by Emmerich Kálmán in 1978), Lithuanian Academic Drama Theatre (''Bridge'' by in 1970; ''Louis XIV'' by Jan-Olof Ekholm in 1981; '' The Rats'' by Gerhart Hauptmann in 1988), Lithuanian National TV (''Le Bel indifférent'' by Jean Cocteau in 1976; ''Barbora Radvilaitė'' by Juozas Grušas i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filomena Valenzuela Goyenechea
Filomena Valenzuela Goyenechea (c. 1848–1924) was a Chilean soldier, known as ''La Madrecita''.Valdivia, Francisca (4 de julio de 2011). «La importancia de la mujer en la guerra de 1879 a 1884». Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez. Consultado el 18 de mayo de 2016. Originally a cantinière, she came to participate directly in combat in the Battle of Pisagua, Battle of Dolores and Battle of Los Ángeles during the War of the Pacific The War of the Pacific ( es, link=no, Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Saltpeter War ( es, link=no, Guerra del salitre) and by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought .... References 1840s births 1924 deaths 19th-century Chilean people Women in 19th-century warfare Women in war in South America {{Chile-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filomena Trindade
Filomena José Trindade, a.k.a. Filó (born 26 September 1971) is am Angolan retired female handball player. Filó was a member of the Angola women's handball team. At club level, she excelled at Angolan side Petro Atlético, a club with which she won several African club championship titles. Summer Olympics Filó competed for Angola at the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... Summer olympics. Filó is a three-time MVP award winner at the African Women's Handball Championship. Filomena Trindade has currently been serving a term as a member of the parliament for the ruling party, MPLA. References External links * * Sportspeople from Benguela Angolan female handball players 1971 births Living people Olympic handba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote
Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote (born 1 March 1969) is a Guinea-Bissauian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2002 and Minister of Defence from 2003 to 2004. Career Tipote was appointed Secretary of State by Prime Minister Caetano N'Tchama in 2000. After his resignation on 19 March 2001, she was appointed Minister of Social Solidarity, Employment and Poverty Control by his successor, Faustino Imbali. Tipote was appointed Foreign Minister by Alamara Nhassé on 9 December 2001, representing Guinea-Bissau at the United Nations General Assembly, and serving in that role until 17 November 2002. On that date, she was appointed Minister of Public Administration, Public Works, Labor and Employment under Mário Pires, but she was dismissed from that role by President Kumba Ialá in January 2003, with no reason given. With another change of government, Tipote was appointed Minister of Defence by Artur Sanhá on 28 September 2003, despite having no milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filomena Tassi
Filomena Tassi is a Canadian politician who has served as the Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario since August 31, 2022. A member of the Liberal Party, Tassi represents the riding of Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas in the House of Commons, taking office following the 2015 federal election. She served as the Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Receiver General for Canada from 2021 to 2022, as the Minister of Labour from 2019 to 2021, and as the Minister of Seniors from 2018 to 2019. Education and early career She is of Italian descent, from the regions of Marche and Abruzzo, and raised Catholic. Tassi studied law at the University of Western Ontario, and then practised corporate law for six years. She subsequently left the legal profession and studied philosophy and religious education at the University of Waterloo, and began working as the chaplain at Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School, a job she held unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filomena Rotiroti
Filomena Rotiroti (born May 17, 1974) is a Canadian politician. Rotiroti was elected to represent the riding of Jeanne-Mance–Viger in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. She is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; french: Parti libéral du Québec, PLQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The QLP has always been associated with the colour red; e .... ''Montréal Express'', October 30, 2008. Prior to her election to office, she worked as a chief of staff to he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filomena Moretti
Filomena Moretti (born 11 June 1973)Maurice J. Summerfield: ''The Classical Guitar. Its Evolution, Players and Personalities Since 1800'', 5th edition (Blaydon-on-Tyne: Ashley Mark Publishing Co., 2002), p. 202. is an Italian classical guitarist. She was born in Sassari, graduated from the Sassari Conservatory, winning the first prize. After her graduation, she continued her studies with Ruggero Chiesa and won several international competitions: * 1985–1987 Premier Prix and "Mention Spéciale" at the Competition Mondovi * 1991 Premier Prix "Golfo degli Angeli" at the Competition Cagliari * 1992 Second Prize "E. Pujol" at the International Competition of Sassari * 1993 Premier Prix at the International Competition of Stresa; Second Prize at the Competition Fernando Sor in Rome * 1995 Premier Prix et mention spéciale at the International Competition of Alessandria * 1996 Premier Prix at the Competition de l'A.R.A.M. In 1993, she obtained a grant to pursue her studies with Oscar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filomena Margaiz
Filomena Margaiz Ramírez (born 29 November 1968) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party. As of 2014 she served as Senator of the LVIII and LIX Legislatures of the Mexican Congress representing Guanajuato Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i .... References 1968 births Living people Politicians from Guanajuato Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) National Action Party (Mexico) politicians People from San Miguel de Allende 21st-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians Celaya Institute of Technology alumni Universidad del Valle de Atemajac alumni {{Mexico-senator-NationalAction-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filomena Embaló
Filomena Araújo Embaló (born 1956) is an Angolan-born Bissau-Guinean writer. She is the first woman in Guinea-Bissau to have published a novel. Biography Filomena Embaló was born in Luanda, Angola, in 1956 to parents from Cape Verde. She moved to Guinea-Bissau as a teenager, in 1975, and became naturalized there. Embaló then studied economics at the University of Reims in France. She holds a doctorate degree. The 1998–1999 civil war in Guinea-Bissau sent Embaló into an identity crisis, which she explores in her first novel, ''Tiara'', published in 1999. The first novel to be published by a Bissau-Guinean woman, ''Tiara'' deals with the fallout of colonialism in a fictionalized African country. It was published by the Instituto Camões The Instituto Camões ( English: ''Camões Institute''), formally, Camões — Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, I. P. ( English: ''Camões — Institute for Cooperation and Language, Public Institute''), is a Portuguese inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filomena Delli Castelli
Filomena Delli Castelli (28 September 1916 – 22 December 2010) was an Italian politician. She was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946 as one of the first group of women parliamentarians in Italy. She was subsequently elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1948, serving (with the exception of a six-month spell in 1953) until 1958. Biography Delli Castelli was born in Città Sant'Angelo in 1916. Chamber of Deputies After her father emigrated to America, she was raised by her mother. She studied literature and philosophy at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
