And again: What are the documentable and proven facts of the life of "St. Philomena"? Was there a cult of St. Philomena 200 years after her death? Why not? Is my favorite pope (Pope St. Pius X) guilty of "novelty"? She may well be a saint. I have asked for bread in the form of the provable and documented facts of her life. You give me stones. Quelle surprise!
Are you capable of responding to one person alone, or must you always include others? Concerning St. Philomena, I am disinclined to dismiss a Saint who has been widely embraced by most of the Church for two centuries prior to 1970 when the new
Calendarium Romanum removed her feast day and whose cult was held in the highest honor by the likes of St. John Vianney, Bl. Pius XI, and St. Pius X. There is also a proponderance of documented miracles attributed to her intercession, which is what led to her cult in the first place. The following may interest you:
http://www.sacramentals.com/sacramentals.org/StPhilomena.htm