Dorothea in her prison cell is tempted by two apostates who had denied Christ and offered her money to deny Him too. Saint Dorothy, aka Dorothea of Caesarea, died c. 311. 4th-century virgin martyr who was executed at Caesarea Mazaca. From The Book of Saints and Heroes, published 1912

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