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St. Philomena of Masambong

In Catholic Philippines, there were several saints aside from the Blessed Virgin Mary, that became the "go-to" persons to ask for their miraculous intercession and their shrines became the center of devotions and pilgrimages over the centuries since the Spanish conquest.

However, there were some saints that were known because of their miracles that they wrought worldwide that it took sometime that the Filipino faithful to catch-up. One of the these saints is St. Philomena. St. Philomena is one of the few saints that are associated with Miracles that happened immediately through her intercession.

Though there were earlier shrines that were dedicated through her, it was only in the recent times that the devotion to this young miracle worker thrived over the years and fair enough, miracles were reported through her miraculous intervention.

Almost every Catholic altars began to have an image of St. Philomena and pilgrimages to her shrines increased.