Filomena is a form of the
Greek female given name
Philomena. It means "friend of strength" (φιλος (philos) "friend, lover" and μενος (menos) "mind, purpose, strength, courage") or "loved one" (φιλουμενη (philoumene) meaning "loved").
Filomena is the name of one of the storytellers in the
frame story
A frame is often a structural system that supports other components of a physical construction and/or steel frame that limits the construction's extent.
Frame and FRAME may also refer to:
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The Decameron''.
People with the name Filomena
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Filomena Barros Dos Reis, East Timorese activist
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Filomena Campus, Italian singer
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Filomena Cautela, Portuguese presenter
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Filomena Costa, Portuguese runner
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Filomena Dato, Spanish writer
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Filomena Delli Castelli, Italian politician
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Filomena Embaló, Bissau-Guinean writer
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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 Comm ...
, Lithuanian artist
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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
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, Mexican politician
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Filomena Moretti, Italian guitarist
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Filomena Rotiroti, Canadian politician
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Filomena Tassi, Canadian politician
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Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote, Bissau-Guinean politician
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Filomena Trindade, Angolan handball player
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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. Consulta ...
, Chilean soldier
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Philomena (given name) Philomena (c. 291–c. 304) was a young woman believed by some to have been a Christian martyr
In Christianity, a martyr is a person considered to have died because of their testimony for Jesus or faith in Jesus. In years of the early church, s ...
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Filomena (disambiguation) Filomena is a female given name.
It can also refer to:
* The Decameron
* Santa Filomena (disambiguation), various meanings
* Santa Filomena, a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which alluded to Florence Nightingale and coined the term "lady ...
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