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Dorothy, St
Dorothy, St (d. c.313), a virgin martyr during the persecution of Diocletian. She is said to have been taunted on her way to execution by Theophilus, a young lawyer who asked her to send him fruits from the paradise to which she believed she was going. She agreed to do so, and after her death an angel brought him a basket holding three apples and three roses; this converted him, and he too was executed. Her emblem is a basket of fruit and flowers, and her feast day is 6 February.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Dorothy, St." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Dorothy, St." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-DorothySt.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Dorothy, St." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-DorothySt.html |
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Dorothy, St
Dorothy, St, also Dorothea, virgin and martyr. According to her legendary Acta, she was mocked on her way to execution by a young lawyer, Theophilus, who asked her to send him fruits from the garden to which she was going; later an angel appeared with a basket of apples and roses, which she sent to Theophilus; he ate the fruit and became a Christian and martyr. Feast day, 6 Feb., suppressed in 1969.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Dorothy, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Dorothy, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-DorothySt.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Dorothy, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-DorothySt.html |
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Dorothea, St
Dorothea, St, a Christian martyr who suffered in the persecution under Diocletian (303). Her story forms the subject of The Virgin Martyr by Massinger and Dekker.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Dorothea, St." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Dorothea, St." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DorotheaSt.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Dorothea, St." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DorotheaSt.html |
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