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With a miner's tower next to her. Saint Barbara is a protector against fire and lightning and against sudden death. Her help can also be called in when a storm devastates the country. St. Barbara is also the patron saint (also called patron saint) of artillerymen, infantrymen, telegraphers, engineers, engineers, miners, firefighters, architects, farmers, roofers, masons, builders, bell founders, metal founders, blacksmiths, stonemasons, carillonneurs, cooks , hatters, butchers, prisoners, girls, dying people, towers, fortresses and residents of Vreeswijk. In South Limburg, the feast of Saint Barbara, as patroness of the miners, was one of the most important holidays of the year and a day off for a long time. With the mine closures, this came to an end.
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