NOVENAS

Novena in Honor of Saint Barbara
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Saint Barbara (1502), Gemäldegalerie Berlin, public-domain painting; Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giovanni_Antonio_Boltraffio_-_Saint_Barbara,_1502_-_Gemäldegalerie,_Berlin.jpg

Novena in Honor of Saint Barbara

Complete historical proper novena to Saint Barbara from Fr Bonaventure Hammer, O.F.M., Mary, Help of Christians and the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers (Benziger Brothers, 1909), section XIV. Prayer, invocation and verse repeated daily, with common historical opening and closing. November 25–December 3 before feast December 4. Original devotional historical text preserved.

Patron of / intentions · Protection against sudden death; artillery workers and miners; fortitude and reception of the sacraments.

Novena begins
November 25, 2026
Scheduled feast day
December 4, 2026
Prayer duration
9 days
Final prayer day
Dec 3
Pray Day 1 — free

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SOURCES

  • Bonaventure Hammer, Mary, Help of Christians and the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers (Benziger Brothers 1909), Novena to Each of the Holy Helpers, § XIII St Catherine / § XIV St Barbara, common Preparatory Prayer and concluding Prayer (pp. 219–221). Verbatim public-domain text: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33596/pg33596-images.html . Historical artwork Wikimedia Commons public domain.