Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints for September 7
- Regina or Reine, virgin and martyr;
- Sozon, martyr;
- Grimonia, virgin and martyr;
- John of Nicomedia, martyr;
- Anastasius the Fuller, martyr;
- Cloud or Clodoald;
- Alcmund and Tilbert, bishops
St. Regina (2nd century A.D.) was the daughter of a pagan father in Burgundy. She was raised as a Christian by a woman who took care of her when her mother died at her birth. When her father learned that she became Christian, he put her out of his house. Regina went to live with the Christian woman who raised her. A prefect, named Olybrius, wanted to marry her but Regina refused. She was imprisoned, tortured and beheaded at Autun, Gaul.
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