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| STA. BARBARA is known to a few Philippine towns, in Iloilo & Pangasinan. |
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| STA. BARBARA IN ART |
One of the 14 Auxiliary Saints, the Greek martyr-saint Sta.
Barbara, is not so well-known in the Philippines. Barbara was renowned for her
beauty which prompted her ich pagan father to lock her up in a tower to shield
her from the world.
She became a Christian and spurned the men that her father
presented to her for marriage. Her father attempted to kill her, but Barbara escaped—a
hill opened up and hid her.
A shepherd betrayed her, and Sta. Barbara was loced up by
her father, who then turned her to the city prefect, Martianus, who tortured
her to death. Sta. Barbara was condemned to death by beheading by her father. Dioscorus
and Martianus were both killed after being struck by lightning.
The history of St. Barbara was removed from the General
Roman Calendar, but not from the Catholic Church's list of saints. Her relics
rest at the St. Vladimir cathedral in Kiev.
Her iconography includes her chained, standing by or
holding a tower with three windows, carrying a palm branch, and sometimes with
cannons. She is the patron saint of armourers, artillerymen, architects,
mathematicians, miners and the Italian Navy. Sta. Barbara is invoked against
lightning and fire. Feast day: December 4.
Sta. Barbara is the patron of the historic town of Sta.
Barbara, in Iloilo, and Sta. Barbara town in Pangasinan,
This rare depiction of the saint is done in baticuling
wood. She is shown wearing a crown (of martyrdom), and dressed in robes notable
for its folds. It stands 21 inches tall, inclusive of its mortar-shaped base.
SOURCES:
Sta. Barbara in art: Pinterest
https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=166
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