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Detail of An Icon of Saint Dorotheus of Tyre Date And Artist Unknown
Detail of An Icon of Saint Dorotheus of Tyre Date And Artist Unknown

Saint Dorotheus of Tyre

Also known as: Doroteo

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

June 5

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Saint Dorotheus of Tyre, also known as Doroteo, was a renowned priest, scholar, and author hailing from Tyre, modern-day Lebanon. Born around 255, he devoted his life to the service of God and the propagation of the Christian faith. During the reign of Diocletian, a fierce persecution of Christians swept across the Roman Empire....