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Regina was a daughter of a pagan aristocrat named Clement. A convert to Christianity, she was driven from her family’s home because of her faith, and lived as a poor, prayerful shepherdess. She was imprisoned, tortured and martyred when she refused an arranged marriage to the Roman proconsul Olybrius.
Died
- throat cut c.286 at Autun, (in modern France)
Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- venerated at Autun, France from soon after her death
Patronage
- poor people
- shepherdesses
- torture victims
– - Autun, France
Source: https://catholicsaints.info/saint-regina/
