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53-552: Sainte Barbe is French for Saint Barbara . Sainte-Barbe or variations may refer to: Saint Barbara Saint Barbara is often portrayed with miniature chains and a tower to symbolize her father imprisoning her. As one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers , Barbara is a popular saint, perhaps best known as the patron saint of armourers , artillerymen , military engineers , miners and others who work with explosives because of her legend's association with lightning . She

106-399: A monastery that held their relics . All of the saints except Giles were accounted martyrs . Saint Christopher and Saint Giles were invoked against the plague itself. Saint Denis was prayed to for relief from headache, Saint Blaise against ills of the throat, Saint Elmo , against abdominal maladies, Saint Barbara against fever, and Saint Vitus against epilepsy. Saint Pantaleon

159-646: A cave shrine to Saint Barbara ( Kuys Varvara ) is located on the slopes of Mount Ara and lit candles and flower garlands are used as tribute. Many churches in Russia are dedicated in her name, including one in Moscow, next to Saint Basil's Cathedral , and in Yaroslavl . The United States Army Field Artillery Association and the United States Army Air Defense Artillery Association maintain

212-697: A chapel, which immediately attracted pilgrims. An altar was consecrated as early as 1448. Pilgrimages to the Vierzehnheiligen continue to the present day between May and October. One of the group depictions of the fourteen Saints is a 1503 altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald for the monastery in Lichtenfels in Upper Franconia . The fourteen angels of the lost children's prayer in Engelbert Humperdinck 's fairy opera , Hansel and Gretel , symbolize

265-495: A commemoration in his Mass . In 1969, it was removed from that calendar, because the accounts of her life and martyrdom were judged to be entirely fabulous, lacking clarity even about the place of her martyrdom. However, she is still mentioned in the Roman Martyrology , which, in addition, lists another ten martyr saints named Barbara. In the 12th century, the relics of Saint Barbara were brought from Constantinople to

318-564: A group of saints venerated together by Catholics because their intercession is believed to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases. This group of Nothelfer ("helpers in need") originated in the 14th century at first in the Rhineland , largely as a result of the epidemic (probably of bubonic plague ) that became known as the Black Death . Devotion to the fourteen Holy Helpers began in Rhineland , now part of Germany, in

371-565: A popular Spanish phrase regarding this saint in the early 20th century was:"Blessed Santa Barbara, your story is written in the sky, with paper and holy water." The first Spanish-language telenovela filmed in colour for TV in the US was the 1973 production of Santa Bárbara, Virgen y Mártir , filmed entirely on location in Hialeah, Florida . G. K. Chesterton wrote the Ballad of Saint Barbara, interweaving

424-538: A symbol of the Holy Trinity , instead of the two originally intended. When her father returned, she acknowledged herself to be a Christian. Dragged before the prefect of the province, Martinianus, who had her cruelly tortured, Barbara held true to her Christian faith. During the night, the dark prison was bathed in light and new miracles occurred. Every morning, her wounds were healed. Torches that were to be used to burn her went out as soon as they came near her. Finally, she

477-492: A tower to preserve her from the outside world. After she secretly became a Christian, she rejected an offer of marriage that she received through her father. There is no reference to her in the authentic early Christian writings nor in the original recension of Saint Jerome's martyrology . Before 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

530-760: A vase filled with water close to the light. After about 21 days, these branches blossom. In the Westerwald , the Barbara sprigs were regarded as a symbol of Christmas. The feast of Santa Barbara is the main religious feast of Paternò , in the province of Catania, dedicated to Santa Barbara, the patron saint of the city, originally from Nicomedia, in Bithynia (current İzmit in Turkey) and martyred according to tradition in 306 by father Dioscuro. The event takes place annually on 3, 4, 5 and 11 December, 27 May and 27 July. 4 December represents

583-474: Is 4 December. In 2022, Barbara was officially added to the Episcopal Church liturgical calendar with a feast day she shares with Catherine of Alexandria , and Margaret of Antioch on 24 November. Saint Barbara is venerated by Catholics who face the danger of sudden and violent death at work. She is invoked against thunder and lightning and all accidents arising from explosions of gunpowder. She became

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636-573: Is added: the Virgin Mary . The Fourteen Holy Helpers are honored in Bavaria as the vierzehn Heiligen , and the Basilica of the Vierzehnheiligen is dedicated to these auxiliary saints. The Rococo pilgrimage church near the town of Bad Staffelstein was designed by Balthasar Neumann and built between 1743 and 1772. Devotion to these saints began in that region on 24 September 1445 when Hermann Leicht,

689-430: Is also the patron saint of mathematicians . 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 . Despite 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

742-493: Is celebrated in Lebanon , Syria , Jordan , Palestine , Israel , and Hatay Province among Arab Christians annually on December 4, in a feast day similar to that of North American Halloween. The traditional food for the occasion is Burbara , a bowl of boiled wheat , barley , pomegranate seeds, raisins, anise and sugar. Shredded Coconut , Walnuts or almonds can be added. The general belief among Lebanese Christians

795-568: Is considered doubtful. Her legend is included in Vincent of Beauvais ' Speculum historiale (xii.64) and in later versions of the Golden Legend (and in William Caxton 's version of it). Various versions, which include two surviving mystery plays , differ on the location of her martyrdom, which is variously given as Tuscany , Rome, Antioch , Baalbek , and Nicomedia . Saint Barbara

848-563: Is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers . Her association with the lightning that killed her father has caused her to be invoked against lightning and fire; by association with explosions, she is also the patron of artillery and mining . Her feast, 4 December, was introduced in Rome in the 12th century and included in the Tridentine calendar . In 1729, that date was assigned to the celebration of Saint Peter Chrysologus , reducing that of Saint Barbara to

901-477: Is prepared and consumed on her feast day. In North Macedonia Saint Barbara's day is celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox , as Варвара (Varvara) on 17 December. Some Macedonians celebrate with their closest family and friends at home, while others refrain, believing that people who step in their house on Saint Barbara's day will give them either good or bad luck for the rest of the year. In Armenia ,

954-510: Is that Saint Barbara disguised herself in numerous characters to elude the Romans who were persecuting her, and the tradition states that when the saint was escaping from the army of the pagan king in Baalbek , she passed in a field of wheat, and the wheat grew miraculously in order to hide her footprints from the soldiers, and this is the reason of serving the traditional wheat dessert on the feast day. In

1007-578: Is the patron of safe childbirth. As the saints' joint cultus spread in the fifteenth century, Pope Nicholas V attached indulgences to devotion of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, though these no longer apply. While each had a separate feast day, the Fourteen Holy Helpers were in some places celebrated as a group on 8 August, but this celebration never became part of the General Roman Calendar for universal veneration. When that calendar

1060-411: Is to establish a small shrine to Santa Barbara at the tunnel portal or at the underground junction into long tunnel headings. This is often followed with a dedication and an invocation to Santa Barbara for protection of all who work on the project during the construction period. The church at HMS  Excellent (also known as Whale Island) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, the former Gunnery School of

1113-590: The 19th Missile Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces received the honorary title "Saint Barbara". In Georgia , Saint Barbara's Day is celebrated as Barbaroba on December 17 (which is December 4 in the old style calendar ). The traditional festive food is lobiani , bread baked with a bean stuffing. In Greece and Cyprus, the day is celebrated by the Artillery Corps of the Greek Army and

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1166-741: The California missions . The Presidio of Santa Barbara was built in 1782, with the mission of defending the Second Military District in Spanish California. Santa Barbara County was one of the twenty-seven original counties of California, formed in 1850 at the time of statehood. The county's territory was later divided to create Ventura County in 1873. Other Spanish and Portuguese settlements named Santa Barbara were established in Brazil, Chile , Colombia , Honduras , Mexico, Venezuela , and

1219-467: The Cypriot National Guard . Artillery camps throughout the two countries host celebrations in honor of the saint, where loukoumades , a traditional sweet, are offered to soldiers and visitors, supposedly because they resemble cannonballs. Saint Barbara is also the patron saint of the northern Greek city of Drama , where a sweet called varvara , which resembles a more liquid form of koliva ,

1272-653: The General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII and the General Roman Calendar of 1960 . Comparable to the devotion of the Fourteen Holy Helpers was that of the Four Holy Marshals , who were also venerated in the Rhineland as "Marshals of God". These were Quirinus of Neuss , Saint Anthony the Great , Pope Cornelius , and Saint Hubert . The fourteen saints are: Half the saints are regarded as historical figures (Blaise, Cyriacus, Erasmus, George, Giles, Pantaleon, Vitus) while

1325-709: The Order of Saint Barbara as an honorary military society of the United States Army Field Artillery and the United States Army Air Defense Artillery. Members of both the United States Army and United States Marine Corps, along with their military and civilian supporters, are eligible for membership. In many mining communities, families follow the custom of the "Barbara branch". On December 4 cherry tree sprigs are cut and placed in

1378-714: The Philippines . In the Afro-Cuban religion of Santería , Barbara is syncretized with Chango , the deity of fire, lightning, and thunder. In Ukraine , alleged relics of Saint Barbara are kept in St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery . A church of the Great Martyr Barbara ( Храм великомучениці Варвари ) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) is located near Kyrylivskyi Hai ( Кирилівський Гай ) park in Kyiv . In 2019

1431-494: The St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv , where they were kept until the 1930s, when they were transferred to St. Volodymyr's Cathedral in the same city. In November 2012, Patriarch Filaret of The Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate transferred a small part of St. Barbara's relics to St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Bloomingdale, Illinois . Her feast day for Roman Catholics and most Anglicans

1484-641: The 4th then the closest Friday, or within Baden-Württemberg , see University of Tübingen , University of Freiburg or University of Bonn or applied geosciences of the Technische Universität Darmstadt in Hesse . In the Czech Republic , a statue of Saint Barbara is placed near the future tunnel portal during the groundbreaking ceremony of most major tunneling projects, owing to her being

1537-598: The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. The West Australian Mining Club celebrate Saint Barbara's Day and use it to remember those people who have died working in the mining industry during the year. In the mining town Kalgoorlie , Australia, as patron saint of miners she is venerated in the annual St. Barbara's Day parade. In New Zealand the Moawhango Tunnel on the Tongariro Power Scheme

1590-551: The Christian village of Aboud in the West Bank , there is a shrine in a cave that the saint reportedly took refuge in. It may also be celebrated on December 17. The name of the barbiturate family of pharmaceutical drugs is believed to derive from the suggestion by an artilleryman commemorating the feast of Saint Barbara in 1864, whom the chemist Adolf von Baeyer encountered at a local tavern whilst celebrating his recent discovery of

1643-796: The Legend of the Saint with the contemporary account of the huge artillery barrages that turned the First Battle of the Marne . Major Barbara is a play by George Bernard Shaw in which the title character, an officer in the Salvation Army , grapples with the moral dilemma of whether this Christian denomination should accept donations from her father, who is an armaments manufacturer. Fourteen Holy Helpers The Fourteen Holy Helpers ( German : Vierzehn Nothelfer , Latin : Quattuordecim auxiliatores ) are

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1696-1298: The Royal Navy, is called St. Barbara's. Saint Barbara was also the Patron saint of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps of the British Army, a church being dedicated to her, initially at Hilsea Barracks Portsmouth, and later being moved to Backdown in Surrey, when the Corps moved its training establishment there. Saint Barbara's Day, 4 December, is celebrated by the British ( Royal Artillery , RAF Armourers, Royal Engineers), Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Armourers, Australian ( Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery , RAAF Armourers), Canadian (Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians (EOD), Canadian Ammunition Technicians, Canadian Air Force Armourers, Royal Canadian Artillery , Canadian Military Field Engineers, Royal Canadian Navy Weapons Engineering Technicians), and New Zealand (RNZN Gunners Branch, RNZA , Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps , RNZAF Armourers) armed forces. The Irish Army venerates her as

1749-793: The Virgin Mary I would have thought that it was she. Now I understand that each virgin has a special beauty all her own; a distinct beauty radiates from each of them." Saint Barbara is mentioned in Thomas Pynchon's novel Against the Day . The December fourth holiday is compared to the Fourth of July, as being more celebrated by the Dynamiters. She is also mentioned in Federico García Lorca 's play La Casa de Bernarda Alba (1936). According to this drama,

1802-496: The corresponding Italian word santabarbara , and the obsolete French Sainte-Barbe , signify the powder magazine of a ship or fortress. It was customary to have a statue of Saint Barbara at the magazine to protect the ship or fortress from suddenly exploding. Saint Barbara is the patron of the Italian Navy . Within the tunneling industry, as a long-standing tradition, one of the first tasks for each new tunnelling project

1855-506: The country on December 4 since the Third Republic . The Spanish military artillerymen, mining engineers and miners also venerate her as patron saint. Parades, masses, dinners and other activities are held in her honour. A portion of the coast of California , now occupied by the city of Santa Barbara, California and located approximately 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles, is named after her. The City of Santa Barbara got its name from

1908-516: The date of the martyrdom of the saint, 27 May is the feast of the patronage of Santa Barbara during which the miracle of the stopping of the eruption of Etna in 1780 is remembered, while 27 July is the feast of the arrival of the relics that were brought to Paternò in 1576. The Feast of Saint Barbara, is celebrated amongst Middle Eastern Christians in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Turkey (Hatay Province). Eid il-Burbara or Saint Barbara's day

1961-607: The early Spanish navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo . On December 4, the explorer stopped at a particular place on the California coast. He chose to name the spot after the patron of that day, Saint Barbara. A Roman Catholic missionary church, the Mission Santa Barbara , was founded there on her feast day in 1786, and is one of the twenty-one such churches that were operated by the Franciscan Order and collectively known as

2014-648: The instance of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, while the feasts were in several cases removed from the General Roman Calendar , none were decanonized or were denied as having existed to begin with (furthermore, their feasts remain on particular calendars ). For one or another of the saints in the original set, Anthony the Anchorite , Leonard of Noblac , Nicholas , Sebastian , Oswald the King , Pope Sixtus II , Apollonia , Dorothea of Caesarea , Wolfgang of Regensburg or Roch were sometimes substituted. In France an extra "helper"

2067-549: The other may be only legends (Agathius, Barbara, Catherine of Alexandria, Christopher, Denis, Eustace, Margaret of Antioch). In the case of the latter group, their supposed "legendary" status is primarily based on analysis of the saints' traditional hagiographies alone with out due consideration of other possibilities and interpretations, as well as the changes associated with the Mysterii Paschalis , irrespective of which changes actually applied to these particular saints — in

2120-432: The parent compound. St. Faustina wrote that St. Barbara appeared to her on 22 August 1937. "This morning, Saint Barbara, Virgin, visited me and recommended that I offer Holy Communion for 9 days on behalf of my country and thus appease God's anger. This virgin was wearing a crown made of stars and was holding a sword in her hand...With her white dress and her flowing hair, she was so beautiful that if I had not already known

2173-444: The patron saint of artillerymen , armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives. Following the widespread adoption of gunpowder in mining in the 1600s, she was adopted as the patron of miners, tunnellers, and other underground workers. As the geology and mine engineering developed in association with mining, she became patron of these professions. The Spanish word santabárbara ,

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2226-525: The patron saint of miners. In the town of Kutná Hora , a former silver mining center, the Cathedral is dedicated to Saint Barbara. In Poland, the salt mine at Wieliczka honours Saint Barbara in Saint Kinga's chapel. In France, due to the historic link between the firefighters and the military sappers, Saint Barbara is also the patron of firefighters and has thus been celebrated by fire services throughout

2279-651: The patron saint of the Artillery Corps where she appears on the corps insignia, half dressed, holding a harp, sitting on a field cannon. Saint Barbara is recognized as the patron saint of the field artillerymen of the Marine Corps 1st Marine Division, who commemorate Saint Barbara's Day with a dinner and the traditional preparation artillery punch. Saint Barbara is the patron saint of the United States Field Artillery Association. To recognize

2332-639: The reign of emperor Maximianus and Prefect Marcien" ( r. 286–305); the year was given as 267 in the French version edited by Father Harry F. Williams of the Anglican Community of the Resurrection (1975). The name of Saint Barbara was known in Rome in the 7th century; her cult can be traced to the 9th century, at first in the East. Since there is no mention of her in the earlier martyrologies , her historicity

2385-543: The time of the Black Death . Among the fourteen were three virgin martyrs . A German mnemonic for them says: Margaretha mit dem Wurm, Barbara mit dem Turm, Katharina mit dem Radl das sind die drei heiligen Madl. ("Margaret with the lindworm , Barbara with the tower, Catherine with the wheel, those are the three holy maids.") As the other saints began to be invoked along with these three virgin martyrs, they were represented together in works of art. Popular veneration of these saints often began in

2438-522: The vital roles spouses and families play in the lives of field artillery soldiers and marines, the units celebrate Saint Barbara's Day with military balls or dinners and other activities. Although they do not celebrate her saint's day, she is also the patron saint of US Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Ordnancemen. It is celebrated by the Norwich University Artillery Battery with a nighttime fire mission featuring multiple M116 howitzers . Several mining institutions also celebrate it, such as some branches of

2491-416: The young shepherd of a nearby Franciscan monastery, saw a crying child in a field belonging to the nearby Cistercian monastery of Langheim. As he bent down to pick up the child, it abruptly disappeared. A short time later, the child reappeared in the same spot. This time, two candles were burning next to it. In June 1446, Leicht saw the child a third time. This time, the child bore a red cross on its chest and

2544-421: Was accompanied by thirteen other children. The child said: "We are the fourteen helpers and wish to erect a chapel here, where we can rest. If you will be our servant, we will be yours!" Shortly after, Leicht saw two burning candles descending to this spot. It is alleged that miraculous healings soon began, through the intervention of the fourteen saints. The Cistercian brothers to whom the land belonged erected

2597-499: Was built by Italian tunnellers and commissioned on 4 December 1979. In Germany, Barbarazweig is the custom of bringing branches into the house on December 4 to bloom on Christmas. Saint Barbara is revered as a patron saint of miners and in extension, the geosciences in general, including the tunneling industry. This connection is particularly strong in the Catholic areas of Germany, as for example Bavaria . Some university geology departments hold annual 'Barabarafests' if not on

2650-441: Was common, especially in the East, from the 9th century. 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. According 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

2703-444: Was condemned to death by beheading . Her father himself carried out the death sentence; however, as punishment , he was struck by lightning on the way home and his body was consumed by flame. Barbara was buried by a Christian, Valentinus, and her tomb became the site of miracles. This summary omits picturesque details, supplemented from Old French accounts. According to the Golden Legend , her martyrdom took place on 4 December "in

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2756-401: Was revised in 1969, the individual celebrations of St Barbara, St Catherine of Alexandria, St Christopher, and St Margaret of Antioch were dropped, but in 2004 Pope John Paul II reinstated the 25 November optional memorial of Catherine of Alexandria, whose voice was heard by Saint Joan of Arc . The individual celebrations of all fourteen are included in the General Roman Calendar as in 1954 ,

2809-476: Was the patron of physicians, Saint Cyriacus invoked against temptation on the deathbed, and Saints Christopher, Barbara, and Catherine of Alexandria for protection against a sudden and unprovided-for death. Saint Giles was prayed to for a good confession, and Saint Eustace as healer of family troubles. Domestic animals were also attacked by the plague, and so Saints George , Elmo, Pantaleon, and Vitus were invoked for their protection. Saint Margaret of Antioch

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