Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Dorothy.
Virgin and Martyr.
Feast Day 6 February.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Saint Dorothy.
Artist: The Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553).
Date: Circa 1530.
Current location: Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria.
References: Web Gallery of Art.
Source/Photographer: [2]
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Dorothy, a Virgin of Cæsarea, in Cappadocia, was condemned to be beheaded. She received The Double Palm of Virginity and Martyrdom at the end of the 3rd-Century A.D.
Mass: Me exspectavérunt (of The Common of Virgins).
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