Women / Persons ~ P25268

Saint Dorothea

Alternate Names:
  • Dora
  • Dorothea of Caesarea
  • Saint Dorothy
  • Sainte Dorothée
Gender: Female
Life Dates: ca. 279 - 311 CE
Types:
  • celibate, chaste or virginal
  • Martyr
  • Saint
Note: Dorothea of Caesarea (virgin martyr who died circa 311 CE, venerated in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, mentioned with Theophilus in the Roman Martyrology) can be confused or combined with Dorothea of Alexandria (died circa 320, virgin martyr pursued by Roman Emperor Maximianus Daia, not listed in the Roman Martyrology).
persons with degrees of separation from Saint Dorothea