!!!Barbara, Heilige Barbara, Saint, feast day December 4, d. around 306, martyr, attributes: a tabernacle, a tower; one of the 14 Auxiliary Saints. Patroness of miners, steelworkers, architects, construction workers and artillerists. Numerous popular regional customs, e.g. "Barbara Twig", "Barbara Celebrations", "Barbara Bread", "Barbara Light". %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Barbara,_Heilige|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]