# Dorothea of Caesarea

> A virgin martyr executed around 311 AD in Caesarea Mazaca, with almost no historical evidence that she existed—yet her February feast endured in Catholic calendars for centuries until Rome quietly dropped her in 1969 for lacking "universal significance."

*Catholic saint*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/dorothea-of-caesarea

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 279
- **Died:** 311
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Dorothea is said to have died during the late Diocletianic Persecution, though Diocletian himself had already resigned by the time of her execution. She was martyred alongside a companion named Theophilus at Caesarea in Cappadocia. The Roman Martyrology listed them both, assigning their feast to 6 February and officially recognizing Dorothea as a virgin martyr. But the historical record is threadbare—her acta offer virtually no proof she lived. In 1969, when Pope Paul VI issued Mysterii Paschalis and reformed the liturgical calendar, Dorothea was removed from the General Roman Calendar on the grounds that her cult lacked universal importance. Some regional calendars and the Tridentine Calendar still keep her feast.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.9 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 21.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #237

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_of_Caesarea)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242274)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Dorothea%20of%20Caesarea)
- [Dorothea (Heilige)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_(Heilige))
- [Αγία Δωροθέα](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%94%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%B1)
- [Dorotea (santa)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorotea_(santa))
- [Dorotea Zesareakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorotea_Zesareakoa)
- [Dorothea Caesarealainen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Caesarealainen)
- [Dorothée de Césarée](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doroth%C3%A9e_de_C%C3%A9sar%C3%A9e)
- [Dorotea de Cesarea](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorotea_de_Cesarea)
- [דורותאה הקדושה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94)
- [Dorotea Cezarejska](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorotea_Cezarejska)
- [Szent Dorottya](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szent_Dorottya)
- [Santa Dorotea](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Dorotea)
- [カエサリアのドロテア](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AE%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%86%E3%82%A2)
- [성녀 도로테아](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%B1%EB%85%80_%EB%8F%84%EB%A1%9C%ED%85%8C%EC%95%84)
- [Dorothea (sancta)](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_(sancta))
- [Доротеја Кесариска](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [Dorothea van Cappadocië](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_van_Cappadoci%C3%AB)
- [Dorota z Cezarei](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorota_z_Cezarei)
- [Doroteia de Cesareia](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doroteia_de_Cesareia)
- [Дорофея Кесарийская](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F)
- [Sveta Doroteja](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveta_Doroteja)
- [Доротеја Цезарејска](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [Dorotea (helgon)](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorotea_(helgon))
- [Dorotea de Cesarea](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorotea_de_Cesarea)
- [Svatá Dorota](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%A1_Dorota)

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