Magnificat August 1998
The "Little Saint" of the Curé of Ars: Saint Philomena, Virgin and Martyr
TABLE OF CONTENTS (40 pages)
The "Little Saint" of the Curé of Ars: Saint Philomena, Virgin and Martyr .....Page 135
— The discovery — The wonders begin — Triumphal entrance into Mugnano — Famous visitors — Homage of the Popes — Extraordinary multiplication — Prudence of Gregory XVI — A famous cure — Judgment of the Church — An illustrious pilgrim — “How can they not see?...” — Encounter of the Curé of Ars with Filumena — The “dear little Saint” — “Couldn’t she work miracles somewhere else?” — “I don’t perform any miracles” — “Souls rather than bodies” — Last years — Other good friends of the child martyr — Devotion to Saint Philomena today