AussieTrees Posted May 2, 2017 A portion of the coast of California, now occupied by the city of Santa Barbara, California and located approximately 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles, is named after her. It was given the name in 1602, after a maritime explorer, SebastiĆ”n VizcaĆno, survived a violent storm just offshore on the eve of her feast day. A Roman Catholic missionary church, the Mission Santa Barbara, was founded there on her feast day in 1786, and is one of the twenty-one such churches that were operated by the Franciscan Order and collectively known as the California missions. Ā https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Barbara 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites