Set high in the south chancel clerestory at Ladbroke in Warwickshire, this stained glass by John Hardman has representations of St Helen and St Philomena.
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In the nineteenth century the discovery of the bones of a young women during the excavation of Catacombs of Priscilla led to the veneration of a supposed 4th century virgin martyr said to be a that of a Greek princess who was killed when she refused to marry the Emperor Diocletian.
Her life history was revealed to a lay member of the Dominican Order Maria Luisa di Gesù. The cult of Philomena rapidly spread after extraordinary cures were attributed to her.
In 1961 she was removed from the list of Saints.
These stained glass panels from the late 19th century depicting Saint Genevieve and Saint Philomena are from the Fournier Studio in Tours.