No, but you were close. St. Barbara is a patron of coal miners. Read about her in the following article Barborka, Miners' Day (St. Barbara Day), December 4th Yes, it is St. Kinga. She was a Hungarian princess. According to a legend she asked her father for a salt mine as a dowry. She threw one of her rings into a salt mine of her father and travelled to Poland (in Poland people did not have enough salt). Near Krakow, in Wieliczka she told the people to dig a deep pit. In the first chunk of salt the miners found Kinga's ring. Read the article about St. Kinga - Patron of Salt Miners No, blessed Queen Jadwiga was also Hungarian princess. She was also important for Polish culture but from another reason. Try again!
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