Editing Philomena (section)

===Liturgy===
[[File:Bamberg Obere Pfarre Figur Hl Philomena.jpg|thumb|Statue of Saint Philomena in the Church of Our Lady ''(Obere Pfarre)'' in [[Bamberg]]]]

In 1834, due to many supposed miracles, [[Pope Gregory XVI]] allowed the veneration of Saint Philomena and, in 1837, authorized the celebration of the feast of Saint Philomena on 11 August<ref name=EncSanti/> or, according to another source, 9 September,<ref name=CathEnc/> first in the Diocese of [[Nola]] (to which Mugnano del Cardinale belongs), and soon in several other dioceses in Italy.

The name "Philomena" was not included in the [[Roman Martyrology]] in which venerated persons are included immediately upon [[beatification]] or canonization.<ref>"With the canonization of a new saint, that person is officially listed in the catalogue of saints, or Martyrology" ([http://www.catholicculture.org/news/definition.cfm?glossID=16&CFID=7042024&CFTOKEN=42752938 Canonization]); "as soon as the beatification or canonization event takes place, the person's name is technically part of the Roman Martyrology" ([http://www.ecatholichub.net/study/saints Catholic Saints Database] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224080055/http://www.ecatholichub.net/study/saints |date=2012-02-24 }}); cf. ([https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/29/weekinreview/word-for-word-martyrology-brutalized-colonial-africa-1909-beatified-rome-1994.html New York Times] [http://catholicbiblestudent.com/2008/08/roman-martyrology.html The Roman Martyrology]).</ref> In the 1920 typical edition of the [[Roman Missal]], Philomena is mentioned under 11 August with an indication that the [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] for her feast day was to be taken entirely from the [[Common (liturgy)|common liturgy]].<ref name=Missal1920/>

On February 14, 1961, the [[Holy See]] ordered that the name of Philomena be removed from all liturgical calendars.<ref name="AAS">[[Acta Apostolicae Sedis]], 1961, p. 174. The text can be consulted [https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS%2053%20%5B1961%5D%20-%20ocr.pdf on the website] of the Holy See. It is also available at [http://www.introibo.fr/Instruction-De-calendariis#inter4 Instruction ''De calendariis particularibus'' (1961)] together with a French translation and a note that recounts the history of the devotion and that says a different saint named Philomena (5 July) and two called Philomenus (14 and 29 November) were listed in the Roman Martyrology.</ref> This order was given as part of an instruction on the application to local calendars of the principles enunciated in the 1960 [[Code of Rubrics]] that had already been applied to the [[General Roman Calendar]]. Section 33<ref name=AAS/> of this document ordered the removal from local calendars of fourteen named feasts but allowed them to be retained in places with a special link to the feast. It then added: "However, the feast of Saint Philomena, virgin and martyr (11 August), is to be removed from all calendars."<ref>''Festum autem S. Philumenae V. et M. (11 augusti) e quolibet calendario expungatur.''</ref>