Saint Barbara with chalice and cannon Stone Magnet

Saint Barbara with chalice and cannon. Saint Barbara is venerated by Catholics who face the danger of occurring and violent death at work. She is aching against thunder and lightning all accidents arising from explosions of gunpowder. She with patron saint of artillery, armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, and anyone who worked cannon and explosive. Following the widespread adoption of gunpowder in mining in the 1600s, she was adopted as the boss of miners, tunnellers, and other underground workers. As the geology and mine engineering developed in association with mining, she pattern of these professions.