010 - 232 - Photograph of a printed page describing the legend of St Barbara of the Artillerymen
Photograph of a printed page describing the legend of St Barbara of the Artillerymen
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| File | 232 |
| File 2 | |
| File key | 10232 |
| File MB 600 | 3.4 |
| File megabytes | 1 |
| File resolution | 300 |
| File resolution 600 | 600 |
| File size | 16 x 22 |
| Folder | 10 |
| Home loc | |
| ID | 1425 |
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| Object name | withdrawn |
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| Reverse | 232 |
| Reverse 2 | |
| Reverse key | 10232 |
| Status | In Store |
| Status by | AJA |
| Updated | 2nd September 2015 |
| Updated by | AJA |
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| Early date | 0 |
| Late date | 0 |
| Transcription |
SVE Saint Barbara of the Artillerymen According to legend , Saint Barbara was the extreme ly beautiful daughter of a wealthy heathen named Dios corus , who lived near Nicomedia in Asia Minor . Because of her singular beauty and fearful that ske be demanded in marriage and taken away from him , he jealously shut her up in a tower to protect her from the outside worlds Shortly re embarking on a journey , he commissioned a sumptuous bathhouse to be built for her , approving the design before he departed . Barbara had heard of the teachings of Christ , and while her father was gone she spent much time in contempla tion . From the windows of her tower she looked out upon the surrounding country side and marveled at the growing things ; the plants , the trees , the animals , and the peo ple . She decided that all these must be part of a master plan , and that the idols of wood and stone worshipped by her parents must be condemned as false . Gradually she came to accept the Christian faith . As her belief became firm , she directed that the builders redesign the bathhouse her father had planned , adding another window , so that the three windows might sym bolize the Holy Trinity . When her father returned he was enraged at the changes and infuriated when Bar bara acknowledged that she was a Christian . He dragged her before the prefect of the province , who decreed that she be tortured and put to death by beheading . Dios corus himself carried out the death sentence . On his way home he was struck by light ning and his body consumed . Saint Barbara lived and died about the year 300 A. D. She was venerated as early as the seventh century . The legend of the lightning bolt which struck down her perse cutor caused her to be regarded as the patron saint in time of danger from thunder storms , fires , and sudden death . When gunpowder made its appearance in the Western world , Saint Barbara was invoked for aid against accidents resulting from explosions and since some of the earli er artillery pieces often blew up instead of firing their projectile . Saint Barbara be came the patroness of the artillerymen . Saint Barbara is usually represented standing by a tower with three windows , carrying the palm of a martyr in her hand . Often , too , she holds a chalice and sacra mental wafer , and sometimes cannon are displayed near her . In present calendars , the feast of Saint Barbara falls on December 4th . |