What is "filomena"

Filomena is a female given name.

It can also refer to:

• The Decameron
• Santa Filomena, a town in Brazil
• Longfellow's poem Santa Filomena (poem) which alluded to Florence Nightingale and coined the term "lady with the lamp." Saint Philomena is a patron of the sick. Philomena was turned into a nightingale

Filomena is a form of the Greek female given name Philomena. It means "friend of strength". Filomena is the name of one of the storytellers in the frame story of The Decameron.