Dorothée du Cœur de Marie
Ursuline virgin and martyr at Orange
Feast: 16 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Orange, again in France, Blesseds Amata of Jesus (Marie-Rose) de Gordon and six companions, virgins and martyrs, who in the same persecution, having refused to abandon the religious life, were condemned to death and joyfully received the palm of martyrdom. Their names are: Blessed Marie de Jésus (Marguerite-Thérèse) Charansol, Marie-Anne of Saint Joachim Béguin-Royal, Marie-Anne of Saint Michael Doux, Marie-Rose of Saint Andrew Laye, Dorothée of the Heart of Mary and Madeleine of the Blessed Sacrament de Justamont.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 16 July as a virgin and martyr at Orange who refused to abandon the religious life and was condemned to death.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.