St. Dorothy, from Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne by Harry Clarke (1928)
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St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church on Park Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets, early 1920s. It is the burial site of, among others, Lillian and Dorothy Gish.
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Saint Dorothy
Died 311
Feast Day: February 6
Patronage: horticulture; brewers; brides; florists; gardeners; midwives; newlyweds; love
Saint Dorothy lived in Caesarea (Turkey) during the Diocletian persecution of Christians. Legend has it, that she was ordered to sacrifice to the pagan gods and refused. On the way to her execution, a young lawyer, Theophilus, mockingly asked her for “fruits and flowers from the garden” in which she proclaimed was in heaven. A basket of fruit and flowers was delivered to her by an angel that she gave to young Theophilus, who then converted and was also martyred. That’s why she’s the patron saint of florists.
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Emma Barton ~ ‘St Margaret’, ca. 1902. Carbon print. | Science and Media Museum & Luminous-lint LL/55928
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I always feel like Dorothy in Return to Oz on St Paddy's Day. Always trying to spot anything green. 🍀💚
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Saint Dorothy
Died 311
Feast Day: February 6
Patronage: horticulture; brewers; brides; florists; gardeners; midwives; newlyweds; love
Saint Dorothy lived in Caesarea (Turkey) during the Diocletian persecution of Christians. Legend has it, that she was ordered to sacrifice to the pagan gods and refused. On the way to her execution, a young lawyer, Theophilus, mockingly asked her for “fruits and flowers from the garden” in which she proclaimed was in heaven. A basket of fruit and flowers was delivered to her by an angel that she gave to young Theophilus, who then converted and was also martyred. That’s why she’s the patron saint of florists.
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