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A LATE 16TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL PLAQUE
of rectangular form, engraved with St. Dorothea, seated holding a basket of flowers and with an attendant cherub, inscribed below, "S.Dorotea O.P. Nobis, Dorotea Bulmannin", with chain attached - 11.75cm high.
St. Dorothea was martyred circa 303BC by the Governor of Cappadocia in Asia Minor, Fabricius, for refusing to recant her Christian belief. On the way to her execution a local scribe mockingly asked her to send him roses and apples from the Gardens of Heaven. After her death a child appeared to the man and presented him with roses and apples and it is these two things, either shown together or individually that are the attributes for the saint.
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of rectangular form, engraved with St. Dorothea, seated holding a basket of flowers and with an attendant cherub, inscribed below, "S.Dorotea O.P. Nobis, Dorotea Bulmannin", with chain attached - 11.75cm high.
St. Dorothea was martyred circa 303BC by the Governor of Cappadocia in Asia Minor, Fabricius, for refusing to recant her Christian belief. On the way to her execution a local scribe mockingly asked her to send him roses and apples from the Gardens of Heaven. After her death a child appeared to the man and presented him with roses and apples and it is these two things, either shown together or individually that are the attributes for the saint.
See Plate 3
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