St. Philomena's Church, Mysore

The St. Philomena 's Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Diocese of Mysore in Mysore, India. It was built in 1936 in neo-Gothic style inspired by the Cologne Cathedral.

Church saint

The Holy Philomena of Rome was, according to tradition, a Greek princess who was beheaded in the year 302 during the persecution of Christians under Diocletian.

History

In place of the present building, a church was built in 1843 by the then Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar Mummadi. In the year 1926, Thamboo Chetty, the secretary of the Maharaja of Mysore, procure a relic of the saint, which he received from Peter Pisani, Apostolic Delegate of the East Indies. This relic was the Catholic clergy Cochet passed, the Maharaja asked her to assist him in the construction of a church dedicated to Saint Philomena.

Architecture

The church was designed by the French Daly in the Gothic Revival style. The floor plan has the form of a Latin cross. In the crypt there is a statue of Saint Philomena. The towers have a height of 53 m and resemble the towers of Cologne Cathedral and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. In the nave there is space for up to 800 people. The representations on the church windows show the salvation-historical events of the birth of the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ.