Saint Dorothy is a 4th-century virgin martyr who was executed at Caesarea Mazaca. Evidence for her actual historical existence or acta is very sparse. She is called a martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaspar_de_Crayer_-_Saint_Dorothea_with_an_angel.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">Gaspar de Crayer</a> [Public domain]
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Saint Dorothea with an angel - Gaspar de Crayer, 1640s

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Saint Dorothy is a 4th-century virgin martyr who was executed at Caesarea Mazaca. Evidence for her actual historical existence or acta is very sparse. She is called a martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution.


Gaspar de Crayer [Public domain]

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