- S. Bucolus, B. of Smyrna, circ. a.d. 100.
- S. Antholian, M. at Clermont, circ. a.d. 255.
- SS. Dorothy, V. M., and Theophilus, M., at Cæsarea, in Cappadocia, circ. a.d. 303.
- SS. Sylvan, B. M., Luke, D. M., and Mucius, Lect. M. at Emesa, a.d. 312.
- SS. Mael, Melchu, Mun, and Rioch, Bishops in Ireland, end of 5th cent.
- S. Aventine, Ab. H. at Troyes, circ. a.d. 538.
- S. Vedast, B. of Arras, circ. a.d. 540.
- S. Amandus, B. of Maestricht, a.d. 684.
- S. Ina, K. of the West Saxons, about a.d. 728.
- S. Guarin, Card. B. of Preneste, a.d. 1159.
- S. Alderick, Swineherd at Fussenich, a.d. 1200.
- S. Brynjolf, B. of Skara in Sweden, a.d. 1317.
S. DOROTHY, V. M.
(ABOUT A.D. 303.)
[This Saint, so famous in Western Martyrologies, is unknown to the Greeks. Her Acts are not to be relied upon.]
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 iron bed over a slow fire. Then as laid thereon, the servant of God exclaimed, "Do thy worst, I fear not pain, if only I may see Him, for whose love I am ready to die." Sapricius said, "Who is he whom thou lovest?" Dorothy answered, "Christ, the Son of God." Sapricius asked, "And where is this Christ?" Dorothy replied, "In His omnipotence He is everywhere; in His humanity he is in Heaven, the Paradise to which He invites us: where the woods are ever adorned with fruit, and lilies ever bloom white, and roses ever flower; where the fields are green, the mountains wave with fresh grass, and the springs bubble up eternally."
S. AGNES. S. CECILIA. S. DOROTHY.
After Angelica de Fiesole.
Feb. 6.
Then said a lawyer present, named Theophilus, "Thou spouse of Christ, send me from Paradise some of these apples and roses." And Dorothy answered him, "I will."