Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Barbara.
Virgin And Martyr.
Feast Day 4 December.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Saint Barbara Altarpiece.
Artist: Wilhelm Kalteysen (1420–1496).
Date: 1447.
Collection: National Museum in Warsaw.
Note: Painted for Saint Barbara's Church, Wrocław, Poland (today an Orthodox Church). Initially a Polyptych. The Wings were lost during World War II.
Source/Photographer: GOOGLE ARTS AND CULTURE
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Saint Barbara died in Asia Minor about 235 A.D. She is included in "The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints".
Mass: Loquébar.
Pictures of Front and Back of
Order of Saint Barbara Medallion,
Patron Saint of Artillerymen.
Photo: 29 December 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: User:Hardnfast
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Saint Barbara.
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The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
Saint Barbara (Greek: Αγία Βαρβάρα, Coptic: Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ), whose Feast Day is 4 December, known in The Eastern Orthodox Church as The Great Martyr Barbara, was an Early-Christian Greek Saint and Martyr. Accounts place her in the 3rd-Century A.D. in Heliopolis, Syria, present-day Baalbek, Lebanon.
There is no reference to her in the authentic Early-Christian writings, nor in the original Recension of Saint Jerome's Martyrology. Her name can be traced to the 7th-Century A.D., and Veneration of her was common, especially in The East, from the 9th-Century A.D.
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.
Saint Barbara is often portrayed with miniature Chains and a Tower. As one of The Fourteen Holy Helpers, Barbara continues to be a popular Saint in modern times, perhaps best known as The Patron Saint of Armourers, Artillerymen, Military Engineers, Miners, and others who work with Explosives, because of her old legend's association with Lightning, and also of Mathematicians.
Many of the thirteen Miracles in a 15th-Century French version of her story turn on the security she offered, that her devotees would not die without making Confession and receiving Extreme Unction.
Very interesting as usual, thank you Zephyrinus: I know that in the orthodox and Byzantine churches, S. Barbara is a major saint (“Great Martyr”). Of course, we will not go into detail about Annibale Bugnini’s swath of destruction against the ancient martyr-saints (Bugnini who had no studies nor qualifications in hagiography), trying to delegitimize her cult (as also he clearly hated all the “14 Holy Helpers” and did untold damage to the Faith: but she still nonetheless is considered a great patron against lightning and tempests in Latin America. The most impressive mission founded in California in 1787 by Fray Junipero Serra and both the Franciscan Province there and the edifice are dedicated to S. Barbara and have thus far withstood the ravages of time and ill-starred “Catholic” revisionism. —Note by Dante P
ReplyDeleteZephyrinus is most grateful for this excellent contribution to the Post on Saint Barbara from Dante P, a regular contributor. It is most gratifying to learn that Saint Barbara is still honoured greatly in California. Saint Barbara. Ora Pro Nobis.
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