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:Ambrogio_Lorenzetti_Dorotea_from_Madonna_and_Child_with_Magdalene_Dorothea.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">Ambrogio Lorenzetti</a> [Public domain]
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Saint Dorotea - from Madonna and Child with Magdalene Dorothea by Ambrogio Lorenzetti,1325

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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.


Ambrogio Lorenzetti [Public domain]

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