Saint Barry

The postcard depicted above shows the most famous rescue St. Bernard of all time, Barry. Between 1800 and 1814, Barry made more than 40 daring rescues in the Great Saint Bernard Pass. One of his more famous rescue stories is that of a young boy stranded on an ice ledge. Due to a snowstorm, the ledge was quickly being covered in a thick pile of snow. The conditions made it impossible for any man to the climb the ledge and rescue the boy, but not for Barry. He slowly crawled an inch at a time to the injured boy so as to not burden the ledge with a sudden shift in weight. Upon reaching the boy, Barry began licking his face and the boy awoke, wrapped his arms around Barry's neck, and then Barry carried him to safety.