Whipping Saint Barbara

This artwork is part of the painting Flagellation of St. Barbara:

a whipping for a saint

I recommend against looking up the rest of the nasty things that were done to Barbara as part of her martyrdom, if you aren’t already Catholic enough to know; flagellation is pretty much the nicest of them all.

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February 11th, 2018 | 3 Comments »

  1. Fr. commented on February 12th, 2018:

    *Googling* [because human nature]

  2. SpankBoss commented on February 12th, 2018:

    You wuz warned…

  3. Fr. commented on February 13th, 2018:

    https://media0.giphy.com/media/xT5LMDofZX1lb2Y45q/giphy.gif

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