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Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
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Mission Santa Barbara
18th-century Catholic mission
Mission Santa Barbara is a Spanish mission in Santa Barbara, California, United States. Often referred to as the 'Queen of the Missions', it was founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén for the Franciscan order on December 4, 1786, the feast day of Saint Barbara, as the tenth mission of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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3rd-century Christian saint and martyr
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