Saint Barbara

Good thing, too, for Cubans would have pronounced that as Ahyey-Óh and turned the caveman into a disguised African deity, like Saint Lazarus and Saint Barbara.

Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003

Sometimes Frances was Saint Barbara, whose father was a pagan and when she wanted to be a Christian he took her up a mountain and cut off her head while she was praying for him.

Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

Sometimes Frances was Saint Barbara, whose father was a pagan and when she wanted to be a Christian he took her up a mountain and cut off her head while she was praying for him.

Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

The records of the French theatre demonstrate this fact; in the "Mystery of Saint Barbara," we find this stage direction: -- _Pausa.

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

Saint Barbara, Paris, obtained the degree of Licentiate in Letters,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

On an eminence, the centre of the earth, rises the feldaltar of Saint Barbara.

Ulysses James Joyce 1911

Philip on the bay, and Saint Barbara upon the seashore, on the eastern side of the neutral side.

Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) 1867

"I believe that I was before blinded and led away from the truth, when I was induced to enter the sisterhood of Saint Barbara, and I now desire to retrieve my error."

Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Sisters of Saint Barbara, and any presents that may be made must be given to the Mother Superior for the use of the community.

Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

This classical ceremony terminated, the whole procession marched together to the cloister of Saint Barbara, the place prepared for the new university, where they listened to an eloquent oration by the Rev. Caspar Kolhas, after which they partook of a magnificent banquet.

PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845