St. Dorothy (Dorothea)

According to apochryphal tradition, Dorothy was a resident of Caesarea, Cappadocia. When she refused to sacrifice to the gods during Emperor Diocletian's persecution of the Christians, she was tortured by the governor and ordered executed. On the way to the place of execution, she met a young lawyer, Theophilus, who mockingly asked her to send him fruits from "the garden" she had joyously announced she would soon be in. When she knelt for her execution, she prayed, and an angel appeared before her with a basket of three apples and three roses. After she died, the basket was delivered to Theophilus by an angel child. Theophilus was converted to Christianity and later was martyred.

Her feast day is February 6th.