St. Regina

Regina was venerated at Alise as a virgin martyr who chose fidelity to Christ above her own life. Her ancient cult and burial place kept her memory alive in Burgundy, where Christians honored her courage, purity, and constancy under suffering.

The received story says that Regina was raised in the faith by a Christian nurse, tended sheep, rejected the advances of a pagan official, and endured torture before being beheaded. Those scenes come from a later legendary account and cannot be read as contemporary evidence for every detail. The martyr herself, however, is not merely a figure of romance. Her name appears in ancient witness, and the remains at Alise confirm an early place of veneration. The Church therefore honors the real martyr while presenting the fuller story with the restraint its sources require.