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ST REGINA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR - 7th SEPTEMBER
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1. St Regina (or Reine), after undergoing many cruel torments, was beheaded for the faith at Aliza, formerly a large town called Alexia, famous for the siege which Caesar laid to it,
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1. St Regina (or Reine), after undergoing many cruel torments, was beheaded for the faith at Aliza, formerly a large town called Alexia, famous for the siege which Caesar laid to it,
#StRegina #Christian #martyr #Sep7
2. now a small village in the diocess of Autun in Burgundy.
Her martyrdom happened in the persecution of Decius, in 251, or under Maximian Herculeus in 286, as some Martyrologies mention.
Her relics are kept with great devotion
Her martyrdom happened in the persecution of Decius, in 251, or under Maximian Herculeus in 286, as some Martyrologies mention.
Her relics are kept with great devotion
3. in the neighbouring abbey of Flavigni, a league distant, whither they were translated in 864, and where they have been rendered famous by miracles and pilgrimages. (Excerpts from Fr Butler's Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints)
