Feast day · February 6

Saint Dorothy

Saint Dorothy

Saint Dorothy was a virgin martyr from Caesarea in Cappadocia, venerated in the Catholic Church. According to tradition, she was executed during the Diocletian persecution in the early 4th century. She is especially known for the story in which she sent heavenly roses and fruit to a skeptical lawyer just before her martyrdom. Saint Dorothy is the patroness of gardeners, brides, florists, and midwives.

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