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Icon of Saint Barbara crowned, holding a cross before her three-windowed tower.

The Martyrs of the Early Church

Saint Barbara c. AD 306

Great Martyr


Commemorated
December 4
Lived
c. AD 306

The Great Martyr, confined in a tower by her pagan father and martyred for Christ; invoked against sudden death.

Holy Barbara, pray to God for us.