Philomena

Saint Philomena was a young Greek princess and virgin martyr who was reportedly killed at age 13 for refusing to marry the Roman Emperor Diocletian.

She is known for her "deadpan" delivery and absurd, ill-informed takes on grand historical and scientific topics in shows like Cunk on Earth .

The character parodies serious documentary presenters. She often asks real experts confusing or "dumb" questions, such as asking if the Soviet Union was actually the "Soviet Onion". Philomena

She is the patron saint of babies, infants, youth, and "impossible causes".

In 1952, Lee was sent to the Sean Ross Abbey in Ireland as an unwed mother. Her son, Anthony, was taken by the nuns and sold for adoption to an American family without her consent. Saint Philomena was a young Greek princess and

Her remains were discovered in the Roman Catacombs of Priscilla in 1802, sealed with tiles reading "Pax Tecum Filumena" (Peace be with you, Philomena).

After decades of secrecy, Lee and journalist Martin Sixsmith discovered that her son (renamed Michael Hess) had become a prominent Republican lawyer in the U.S. and had died of AIDS in 1995 while searching for her. She often asks real experts confusing or "dumb"

Cunk has become a viral sensation on social media for her unique blend of unearned confidence and factual inaccuracy.