The female patron saint of miners is St. Barbara.
An early Christian from somewhere near Salonika, in Greece,
her father wanted her to enter an arranged marriage with a non-
Christian. She refused, so he locked her in a tower. She escaped,
and during the ensuing persuit, took refuge underground in a
lead/silver mine.
As miners saved her, they look on her to save them.
Tony Brewis
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