1 Reliquary - Relic Ex Ossibus St. Barbara With Original Document
Reliquary - Relic Ex Ossibus St. Barbara With Original Document en Brass / Glass / Wax Seal, Belgium 18 th century
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4 cm ( 1.57 inch)
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Barbara
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St. Barbara with her attribute – three-windowed tower, central panel of St. Barbara Altarpiece (1447), National Museum in Warsaw
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| Virgin and martyr | |
| Born | Mid-third century Heliopolis (Roman Phoenicia) or Nicomedia, Bithynia |
| Died | Late-third century to early-fourth century (executed by her father) |
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| Feast |
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| Attributes | Three-windowed tower, palm, chalice, lightning, a crown of martyrdom |
| Patronage | Paternò, Rieti (Italy); armourers; architects; artillerymen; firemen; firework makers; mathematicians; miners; tunnelers; lightning; chemical engineers; prisoners; Lebanon; Royal Air Force Armourers |