Saint Philomena was a young Greek princess and virgin martyr who was reportedly killed at age 13 for refusing to marry the Roman Emperor Diocletian.
According to private revelations given to Mother Maria Luisa di Gesù in 1833, Philomena survived multiple torture attempts—including drowning with an anchor and being shot with arrows—before finally being beheaded. Philomena
After decades of secrecy, Lee and journalist Martin Sixsmith discovered that her son (renamed Michael Hess) had become a prominent Republican lawyer in the U.S. and had died of AIDS in 1995 while searching for her. Saint Philomena was a young Greek princess and