Filomena is a form of the

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female given name

Philomena Philomena ( ), also known as Saint Philomena (; ) or Philomena of Rome ( 10 January 291 10 August 304) was a virgin (title)#Virgin martyrs, virgin martyr whose remains were discovered on May 24–25, 1802, in the Catacomb of Priscilla. Three ti ...

. It means "friend of strength" (φίλος : ''phílos'' "friend, lover" and μένος : ''ménos'' "mind, purpose, strength, courage") or "loved one" (φιλουμένη : ''philouménē'' meaning "loved"). Filomena is the name of one of the storytellers in the

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of ''

The Decameron ''The Decameron'' (; or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human Comedy (drama), comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy, Comedy'' "''D ...

''.

People with the name Filomena

* Filomena Barros Dos Reis, East Timorese activist * Filomena Campus, Italian singer *

Filomena Cautela Filomena José Dias Fernandes Cautela (born 16 December 1984) is a Portuguese television presenter and actress. Cautela started her acting career in the theatre in the year 2000. In 2004, she made her debut in cinema, and in 2005, she was cast as ...

, Portuguese presenter * Filomena Costa, Portuguese runner *

Filomena Dato Filomena Dato Muruais (1856 – 1 May 1926) was a Galician feminist and writer in Castilian Spanish and the Galician language. Remaining in Galicia all her life, she joined movements associated with Galician culture and to liberate women from sti ...

, Spanish writer * Filomena Delli Castelli, Italian politician *

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 mo ...

, Bissau-Guinean writer *

Filomena Fortes Filomena Maria Spencer Africano Fortes (born 10 April 1966) is a Cape Verdean sports administrator and former handball player. Originally a handball player for C.D. Primeiro de Agosto and Clube Ferroviário de Luanda, she worked in sports educati ...

, Cape Verdean sports administrator and handball player *

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 Commi ...

, Lithuanian artist *

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 Guanajua ...

, Mexican politician *

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. ...

, Italian guitarist *

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 was re-elected in 2012, 2014, 2018, an ...

, Canadian politician *

Filomena Tassi Filomena Tassi is a Canadian politician who served as the Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario from 2022 to 2024. A member of the Liberal Party, Tassi represented the riding of Hamilton West� ...

, Canadian politician *

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 M ...

, Bissau-Guinean politician *

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 s ...

, Angolan handball player *

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. Consult ...

, Chilean soldier

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