saint barbara

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von saint barbara im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The patron of armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives

died 200; feast day December 4 Early Christian martyr and patroness of artillerymen. She was the daughter of a pagan, Dioscorus, who kept her guarded to protect her beauty and virginity. When she converted to Christianity he became enraged and took her to the Roman prefect, who ordered her to be tortured and beheaded. Her father performed the execution himself, and on the way home he was struck by lightning and reduced to ashes. Barbara was a popular saint during the Middle Ages and was invoked for aid in thunderstorms. She was dropped from the church calendar in 1969

Silbentrennung

saint Bar·ba·ra

Türkische aussprache

seynt bärbrı

Aussprache

/ˈsānt ˈbärbrə/ /ˈseɪnt ˈbɑːrbrə/