Legend says Barbara was locked in a tower by her pagan father and killed by him for her Christian faith, after which he was struck by lightning. She became patron of miners, artillerymen and others who face sudden death from explosions, and her feast is 4 December.
Castings, Coins, KM, Religion
KM-1217 Saint Barbara Patron of Miners Medal
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A silver-toned medal. Obverse: crowned St Barbara beside her tower, with a chalice and host, and a legend naming SANTA BARBARA. Reverse: plain centre with a legend around the edge. Site: ‘Santa Barbara, Patron of miners’. Inscriptions explained: SANTA BARBARA is Spanish/Italian for ‘Saint Barbara’.
