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ID: 901001210
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001210
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Life of Saint Barbara (Christian iconography)

Note: Narratives from the legend of St. Barbara. According to legend, she was the daughter of a pagan, Dioscorus, who kept her in a tower; when she professed Christianity, he became enraged and took her to the provincial prefect, who ordered her to be tortured and beheaded. Dioscorus himself performed the execution; upon his return home, was struck by lightning and reduced to ashes.

Names:
Life of Saint Barbara (Christian iconography) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
Episodi della vita di Santa Barbara (Christian iconography) (Italian-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Christian iconography> (P)
........<Other Christian narratives> (P)
............Life of Saint Barbara (Christian iconography) (I)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Barbara, Saint
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Barbara, Saint (Christian character)) [901000589]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... hagiography (literary genre)
.....(biographies (literary genre), genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Christianity
.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Life of Saint Barbara (Christian iconography)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Episodi della vita di Santa Barbara (Christian iconography)
................ICCD database (1988-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11HH(BARBARA)0 the virgin martyr Barbara
................ Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya [online] (2016-) http://museunacional.cat/en/colleccio/altarpiece-saint-barbara/goncal-peris-sarria/035672-cjt

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