Sv. Barbora u kostela Všech svatých / St. Barbara at Church of All Saints - Libochovice (North Bohemia)
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Depicted Baroque sandstone statue of St. Barbara (Sv. Barbora) is located at presbytery of Church of All Saints (Kostel Všech svatých) Libochovice.
Waymark Code: WMVZ00
Location: Ústecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 06/13/2017
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Depicted Baroque sandstone statue of St. Barbara (Sv. Barbora) is located at presbytery of Church of All Saints (Kostel Všech svatých) Libochovice.
This statue of St. Barbara, work of sculptor Bartolomej Eder, was originally standing at the crossing of roads from Libochovice to Budyne. Financed by local official Václav Hnedec, statue on tiered sandstone pedestal was erected in 1760. Damaged and subsequently repaired many times (1810, 1877, 1918, 1943 and 2011), it was moved close to the church in 1943.
St. Barbara, Feast Day December 4, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an early Christian saint and martyr. Accounts place her in the 3rd century in Nicomedia, present-site Turkey or in Heliopolis of Phoenicia, present-day Lebanon. There is no reference to her in the authentic early Christian writings, nor in the original recension of Saint Jerome's martyrology. Her name can be traced to the 7th century, and veneration of her was common, especially in the East, from the 9th century.