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an old stained glass window with a woman holding a bird in her hand and wearing a green dress

Stained Glass Window Of Saint Barbara - F0CCGA from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

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the statue of st barbara is on display

Basilica of Sts. Agatha and Barbara, Netherlands. Statue of Saint Barbara, the church is dedicated in her honor. Her feast day December 4, legendary virgin martyr of the early church. Venerated as one of the 14 Auxiliary Saints (Holy Helpers), she is invoked in thunderstorms and is the patron saint of artillerymen and miners.

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December 4 was the universal feast of St. Barbara until the revision of the General Roman Calendar after Vatican II. She was one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers who were grouped together because of the Black Plague which devastated Europe from 1346 to 1349. She was the daughter of a pagan, Dioscorus, who (according to the somewhat questionable Acts of St Barbara) placed her in a high and beautiful tower surrounded by marvelous gardens, and sent philosophers, poets., and scholars to teach her…

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