Ambrogio Parisi
St. Barbara

17th century
Church of Santa Barbara dei Librari, Rome

St. Barbara's left hand holds a palm branch signifying martyrdom. The tower with three windows is her attribute. In the legend she told the workers constructing a tower for her father to put in three windows in honor of the Trinity.

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Photographed at the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.