Regina was a 3rd-century virgin martyr who lived in Roman Gaul. Born in Grignon to a pagan father, she was raised by a Christian nurse and spent much of her time tending sheep and praying. Although she was promised in marriage to a proconsul named Olybrius, she refused to abandon her faith to marry him. Because of her devotion, she suffered torture and was eventually beheaded at Alesia, near Autun. Her death is associated with the persecutions of either Decius or Maximian.