Dear List,
I was always led to believe that St. Anne was the patroness of hard rock miners.
However, I am recently informed by an apparently authorities source that St. Barbara is the patron Saint of miners even though, as I understand it, St. Barbara never actually existed.
Can anyone on the list shed any light (excuse the pun) on this matter?
Kindest regards,
Trevor
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