Barbara

(Puerto Rico, 1680/1690) (link)

Feast Day December 4

Patron of Artillerymen, Miners, Firefighters, Architects

Situations Fire, Lightning, Storms, Sudden Death

Professions Architects, Artillerymen, Firefighters, Miners

Saint Barbara, according to tradition, was a young woman from the 3rd century whose pagan father locked her in a tower to preserve her from the world. After converting to Christianity, she was tortured and beheaded by her own father, who was immediately struck by lightning. She is invoked against lightning, fire, and sudden death.