Saint Dorothy or Dorothy of Caesarea (ca. 279-ca. 311). Christian saint born in Caesarea in Cappadocia. Martyred around 303 during the Great Persecution of Diocletian. She was condemned to death for refusing to worship the Roman gods. Death of Dorothy. Engraving. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VIII. 1856.

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