Tag: Saint Dorothea

Herbert James Draper  For Saint Dorothea’s Day, c. 1899 Oil on canvas 79 x 119 cm Private collection Dorothea of Caesarea  (died ca. 311) 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, although her…