Saint Barbara

deity sky Eastern Orthodox Church corroborated · 3

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #25 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
600 CE
Attested period
600 – 2020
Historical notes
Legends detailing her life do not appear until the 7th century; veneration was common especially in the East from the 9th century.

Relationships

syncretized with
Shango, Changó

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Sources

internet (1)

Source passages

“Saint Barbara is also the patroness saint of the northern Greek city of Drama...In Armenia, a cave shrine to Saint Barbara (Kuys Varvara) is located on the slopes of Mount Ara...Many churches in Russia are dedicated in her name”

#1290 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Santa Fe de Antioquia – Saint Barbara”

#35887 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5