Photo Feature by Idania Cardenas
HAVANA TIMES – Barbara de Nicomedia, known as Saint Barbara, was a Christian virgin and martyr of the 3rd century. She was born in Nicomedia, near the Sea of Marmara, in the early 3rd century. She was the daughter of Dioscorus, who locked her in a castle to prevent her from marrying so young and to prevent her from becoming a Christian.
During her imprisonment she had teachers who taught her poetry and philosophy, among other subjects. With her father absent from her, Barbara converted to Christianity and sent a message to Origen, considered a scholar of the Christian Church, to come and edu
