Saint Regina
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- Also known as
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Regnia
Reine
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- 7 September
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- Virgin daughter of a pagan named Clement.
A convert to Christianity, she was driven from her pagan family's home because of her faith, and lived as a poor, prayerful shepherdess.
Imprisoned, tortured and martyred when she refused to marry the Roman proconsul Olybrius.
She was venerated at Autun from soon after her death.
- Died
- throat cut c.286 at Autun, (in modern France)
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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against poverty
shepherdesses
torture victims
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- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Lives of the Saints, by Omer Englebert
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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