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:Tiroler_Meister_Hl_Dorothea_c1470-1480.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">Photo: Andreas Praefcke</a> [Public domain]
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Altarflügel "Hl. Dorothea von Caesarea", Tirol, ca. 1470–1480, gesehen im Wiener Kunsthandel

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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.

Photo: Andreas Praefcke [Public domain]

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