Saint Barbara

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Christian martyr legendary Christian figure saint

Saint Barbara is a Christian martyr venerated as the patron saint of artillerymen, military engineers, and others who work with explosives and dangerous occupations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Barbara canonical	35
Saint Barbara (in some Afro-Caribbean traditions)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian martyr ⓘ legendary Christian figure ⓘ saint ⓘ
associatedWith	lightning ⓘ sudden death ⓘ thunder ⓘ
canonicalStatus	removed from universal Roman Catholic calendar in 1969 ⓘ still venerated locally and in particular traditions ⓘ
category	Fourteen Holy Helpers ⓘ
causeOfDeath	martyrdom by beheading ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Order of Saint Barbara (U.S. Field Artillery honor society) ⓘ
father	Dioscorus ⓘ
feastDay	4 December ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
legend	had three windows added to her bathhouse to honor the Trinity ⓘ her father was struck by lightning after her execution ⓘ kept in a tower by her pagan father ⓘ secretly converted to Christianity ⓘ was denounced to authorities by her father ⓘ was executed by her father ⓘ was tortured for her Christian faith ⓘ
legendaryBirthplace	Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ surface form: Nicomedia
legendaryEra	3rd century ⓘ reign of Emperor Maximinus Daza ⓘ
patronage	architects ⓘ artillery units ⓘ artillerymen ⓘ demolition workers ⓘ firefighters ⓘ military engineers ⓘ military ordnance personnel ⓘ miners ⓘ people in dangerous occupations ⓘ people who work with explosives ⓘ sappers ⓘ
patronSaintOf	Italian artillery ⓘ Spanish artillery ⓘ Field Artillery Branch ⓘ surface form: United States Army Field Artillery naval artillery branches in several countries ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
symbol	cannon ⓘ chalice ⓘ palm of martyrdom ⓘ tower ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Marine Corps → patronSaint → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Santa Barbara, California, United States → namedAfter → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Royal Engineers → patronSaint → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Mission Santa Barbara → dedicatedTo → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Santa Barbara County → namedFor → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Basia (Polish) → nameDayLinkedTo → Saint Barbara ⓘ

subject surface form: Basia

Varvara → nameDayAssociatedWith → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Dioscorus → child → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Dioscorus → parentOf → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Dioscorus → opposedConversionOf → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Order of Saint Barbara (U.S. Field Artillery honor society) → namedAfter → Saint Barbara ⓘ

subject surface form: Order of Saint Barbara

Order of Saint Barbara (U.S. Field Artillery honor society) → religiousPatron → Saint Barbara ⓘ

subject surface form: Order of Saint Barbara

Fourteen Holy Helpers → hasMember → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Oya → syncretizedWith → Saint Barbara ⓘ

RE → patronSaint → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Santa Barbara Mission → dedicatedTo → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Shango → syncretizedAs → Saint Barbara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Barbara (in some Afro-Caribbean traditions)

Collège Sainte-Barbe → namedAfter → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers → hasPatronSaint → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Royal Australian Artillery → patronSaint → Saint Barbara ⓘ

The Sistine Madonna → depicts → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Iglesia de Santa Bárbara de Usaquén → namedAfter → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Rousanou Monastery → alsoDedicatedTo → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec → dedicatedTo → Saint Barbara ⓘ

subject surface form: Church of St Barbara

Honorable Order of Saint Barbara → namedAfter → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Ancient Order of Saint Barbara → namedAfter → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Vierzehn Nothelfer → hasMember → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Royal Canadian Artillery → patronSaint → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Agia Varvara → hasNameOrigin → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Royal Tapestry Factory of Santa Bárbara → namedAfter → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Santa Bárbara mine → namedAfter → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Grote Kerk, Breda → dedicatedTo → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Santa Bárbara → namedAfter → Saint Barbara ⓘ

subject surface form: Santa Bárbara (Ponta Delgada)

Collège Sainte-Barbe (Ghent) → namedAfter → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Serra de Santa Bárbara → namedAfter → Saint Barbara ⓘ

Serra de Santa Bárbara volcano → namedAfter → Saint Barbara ⓘ