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Women Saints of the Church 8 years, 2 months ago -
Dorothea of Caesarea wrote a new post 8 years, 4 months ago
This holy martyr was a native of Cæsarea in Cappadocia, and in the persecution of Dioclesian she was brought before the governor Sapricius.
After the usual interogatories she was stretched on the catasta, an
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Dorothea of Caesarea posted an update 8 years, 4 months ago
On the way to my execution, I happily told a young lawyer – Theophilus – that I would soon be in a Garden. He mockingly asked me to send him some fruit. When I knelt for my execution, I prayed for him. Later, I learned that an angel took him a basket of three roses and three apples on my behalf, and told him I would meet him in the garden.…[Read more]
