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Saint Barbara is the patron saint of the Marines and other artillerymen because of the story of her death when her father was struck by lightening. She was said to be tortured repeatedly but won't renounce her Christianity.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 8y agoThere is no patron saint of Marines ut there are many patron saints of soldiers or sailors.Saint Barbara of Nicomedia is the patron saint of:
against death by artillery
against explosions
against fire
against impenitence
against lightning
against mine collapse
against storms
against vermin
Amaroni, Italy
ammunition magazines
ammunition workers
architects
armourers
artillery
artillerymen
Barbara, Italy
boatmen
bomb technicians
brass workers
brewers
builders
carpenters
Colleferro, Italy
construction workers
dying people
explosives workers
fire prevention
firefighters
fireworks
fireworks manufacturers
fortifications
foundry workers
geologists
gravediggers
gunners
hatmakers
hatters
against lightning
mariners
martyrs
masons
mathematicians
military engineers
milliners
miners
Montecatini Terme, Italy
ordnance workers
Paterno, Sicily
prisoners
Rieti, Italy
safety from storms
sailors
saltpetre workers
Santa Barbara, California
smelters
stone masons
stonecutters
storms
sudden death
Syria
tilers
Toa Alto, Puerto Rico
warehouses
watermen
However, Barbara was removed from the Calendar of Saints in 1969 and her cult suppressed.
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