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7 unusual facts about Saint Barbara


Barghoun

In the north of the village there lies the remains of a 12th-14th-century church dedicated to Saint Barbara.

Cabañas Department

The population gathers at Sensuntepeque to celebrate their patron saints day, Santa Barbara.

Honorable Order of Molly Pitcher

The USFAA and ADAA processes three awards for worthy artillery men and their supportive spouses: The Ancient Order of Saint Barbara, the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara, and the Honorable Order of Molly Pitcher (ADAA) or the Artillery Order of Molly Pitcher (USFAA).

Saint Barbara Altarpiece

The altarpiece is best known for the paintings depicting the legend of Saint Barbara on the outside of its inner wings.

Seeon Abbey

Between 1657 and 1670 the church was extended by the construction of a sacristy in the Lady Chapel, an oratory and a crypt beneath the chapel of Saint Barbara.

Serrata del Maggior Consiglio

He proceeded to a detailed assessment of the validity of titles entered in the Golden Book, after which they proceeded to remove the possibility of electing new board members, establishing automatic access to the Higher Council for all the patricians males at the age of 25 years age, except for thirty of them, selected at random each year on the day of Santa Barbara, have access to the age of twenty years: the Grand Council thus became, finally, a meeting is closed and hereditary.

Vittskövle Church

In Saint Annes chapel there are the symbols of the evangelists, as well as the four female medieval saints: Saint Barbara, Saint Ursula, Saint Gertrude and Saint Catherine.



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Master MS

The statue of Madonna is in the Saint Catherine Church of Banská Štiavnica, the statues of Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara are in the art gallery of the Slovak Mining Museum in Banská Štiavnica.

Order of Saint Barbara

Saint Barbara day falls on December 4 and is traditionally recognized by a formal Dining-In or military ball, often involving presentations of the Order of Saint Barbara.