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:Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Katharinenaltar_(Staatliche_Kunstsammlungen_Dresden).jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">Lucas Cranach the Elder</a> [Public domain]
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Die Heiligen Dorothea, Agnes und Kunigunde - by Lucas Cranach, 1506

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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.

Lucas Cranach the Elder [Public domain]

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