![]() Finally, she was condemned to death by beheading. ![]() Torches that were to be used to burn her went out as soon as they came near her. During the night, the dark prison was bathed in light and new miracles occurred. Dragged before the prefect of the province, Martinianus, who had her cruelly tortured, Barbara held true to her Christian faith. When her father returned, she acknowledged herself to be a Christian. īefore departing on a journey, Barbara's father commanded that a private bath-house be erected for her use near her dwelling, and during his absence, she had three windows put in it as a symbol of the Holy Trinity, instead of the two originally intended. After she secretly became a Christian, she rejected an offer of marriage that she received through her father. ![]() BarbaraĪccording to the hagiographies, Barbara was born either in Heliopolis or in Nicomedia, the daughter of a rich pagan named Dioscorus who carefully guarded her, keeping her locked up in a tower to preserve her from the outside world. Because of doubts about the historicity of her legend, she was removed from the General Roman Calendar in the 1969 revision, though not from the Catholic Church's list of saints. ĭespite the legends detailing her story, the earliest references to her supposed 3rd-century life do not appear until the 7th century, and veneration of her was common, especially in the East, from the 9th century. A 15th-century French version of her story credits her with thirteen miracles, many of which reflect the security she offered that her devotees would not die before getting to make confession and receiving extreme unction. As one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Barbara is a popular saint, perhaps best known as the patron of armourers, artillerymen, military engineers, miners and others who work with explosives because of her legend's association with lightning, and also of mathematicians. Saint Barbara is often portrayed with miniature chains and a tower. Saint Barbara ( Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Βαρβάρα Coptic: Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ Russian: Варва́ра Илиопольская Arabic: القديسة الشهيدة بربارة), known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an early Christian Greek saint and martyr. Paternò, Rieti (Italy) armourers architects artillerymen firemen firework makers mathematicians miners tunnelers lightning chemical engineers prisoners Lebanon Three-windowed tower, palm, chalice, lightning, a crown of martyrdom 24 November ( Episcopal Church (United States)).4 December (Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church).
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