At 11:22 5-10-98 -0400, you wrote:
>Does anyone know the history of Saint Barbara and if she has that role in
>other countries? Mike Breakspear
Dear Mike,
Barbara is, as far as I know the Underground Saint in any Roman-Catholic
country that I know. Germany, The Netehrlands, Belgium, Czech republic,
France, Italy, Spain, just to name a few. In our Dutch Coal-mining area,
most of the coal-miners-bands are called "saint barbara". If you want to get
into details, I know somebody who has got a lot of material on the
underground Barbara. I'll see him this week and ask him.
Best wishes,
Joep Orbons
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