Saint Barbara

Saint Barbara

Birth date=third century (?)

Death date=c. 306 (?)

Feast day=4 December

Venerated in=Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy

Birth place=Nicomedia (in one version of her legend)

Death place=en:Nicomedia (in one version of her legend)

Titles=Virgin and Martyr

Attributes=Three-windowed tower, palm, chalice, lightning, a crown of martyrdom

Patronage=Artillery gunners, masons, mathematicians, miners, military engineers, stonecutters, against lightning, anyone who works at risk of sudden and violent death

Gallery

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  Saint Barbara in her tower, by Robert Campin
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  Jan van Eyck, Santa Barbara, Anversa, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten
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  A Greek Orthodox ikon of Saint Barbara.
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  A Russian Orthodox ikon of Saint Barbara.
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  Traditional holy card design for Saint Barbara
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  Simulacro argenteo di Santa Barbara venerato a Paternò
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  St. Barbara for miners in Germany, Ruhrgebiet
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  Somewhere in Poland
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  Somewhere in the Netherlands
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  War memorial in Berlin, 1920ies, sculpted by Hermann Hosaeus
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  War memorial in Berlin, 1930 sculpted by Otto Schulz
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  St. Barbara, patron saint at an underground station at Frankfurt/ Main
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  Saint Barbara with cannon