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Also known as
- Dora of Caesarea
- Dorothea of Caesarea
- formerly 6 February
- removed from revised Roman calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969
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Apochryphal martyr whose story has been beautifully told, and was popular for many years. Having made a personal vow of virginity, she refused to marry, or to sacrifice to idols. She was tried, tortured, and sentenced to death for her faith by the prefect Sapricius. The pagan lawyer Theophilus said to her in mockery, “Bride of Christ, send me some fruits from your bridegroom’s garden.” Before she was executed, she sent him, by a six-year-old boy who is thought to have been an angel, her headress which had the fragrance of roses and fruits. Seeing this gift, and the miraculous messenger who brought them, Theophilus converted, and was martyred himself. This story has been variously enlarged through the years. In some places, trees are blessed on her feast day because of her connection with a blooming, fruitful miracle.
- martyred 6 February 311 at Caesarea, Cappodocia during the persecution of Diocletian
Name Meaning
- gift of God (greek)
- crown of flowers
- crown of roses
- crowned with flowers and surrounded by stars as she kneels before the executioner
- crowned with palm and flower basket, surrounded by stars
- crowned and carrying a flower basket
- in an orchard
- with the Christ-child in an apple tree
- leading the Christ-child by the hand
- maiden carrying a basket of fruit and flowers, especially roses
- roses
- veiled, with flowers in her lap
- veiled, holding apples from heaven on a branch
- with a basket of fruit and the Christ-child riding a hobby horse
- with an angel and wreath of flowers
- with an angel carrying a basket of flowers
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Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encylopedia
- Golden Legend
- Katherine Rabenstein
- Kirken i Norge
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Pictorial Lives of the Saints
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation
- “Saint Dorothy of Caesarea“. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 April 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>