Medal of the V Centenary of Saint Barbara

The Commemorative Medal of the Fifth Centenary of the Proclamation of Saint Bárbara as Patron of the Artillery Weapon, commonly called the Medal of the V Centenary of Saint Barbara, is an official Spanish decoration created on December 4, 2021 to commemorate the five hundred years of patronage of Santa Barbara to the components of the Artillery Weapon of the Spanish Armed Forces. Created by the Military Archbishopric of Spain by virtue of the Agreements between the Spanish State and the Holy See of 1979, decreed by D. Carlos Jesús Montes Herreros, Military Ordinary of Spain, after the death of the Military Archbishop of Spain Juan del Río Martín in January of that same year, and the consecration of the newly appointed Military Archbishop-elect Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo is still pending.

On November 25, 2021, Pope Francis convened the Jubilee Year of Saint Barbara as patron saint of the Artillery Weapon, a determining circumstance for the creation of this medal as a more enduring sign of this tribute to the Patron Saint of artillerymen, who also belongs to the group of the fourteen Holy Helpers of the Church.