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:Schweizer_Meister_Hl_Jodokus_und_Dorothea.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">anonymous Swiss painter (c. 1500–1520)</a> [Public domain]
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Saint Jodokus and Saint Dorothea by anonymous Swiss painter, 1500 –1520

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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.

anonymous Swiss painter (c. 1500–1520) [Public domain]

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