Carolyn Muessig wrote:
> * Regina or Reine, virgin and martyr (date unknown)
> - native of Alise (Bourgogne), she refused a marriage offer from
> the local Roman prefect; as she was about to be beheaded, a shining dove
> was seen hovering above her head
In my MA thesis I tried to find the earliest mention of this
dove-story. What I found was the "Passio S. Reginae Virg. Mart." in
the AASS Boll. 7 Sept. III, 39 - 40:
[After tortures and last prayer] Et postquam oravit, miserunt illam
in vas illud aqua plenum: et terrae motus factus est magnus: et ecce
columba de coelo descendens habebat in ore coronam, et disrupta sunt
vincula beatae Reginae, et ascendit de aqua, laudans et benedicens
Dominum et dicens: Dominus regnavit, decorum indutus est; illuminasti
me, Domine Jesu Christe, et salvasti, misertus unicae puellae, qui es
benedictus ante secula. Et facta est vox columbae dicens: Veni
Regina in requiem Christi; beata es, quae hanc coronam meruisti. (p.
39)
The AASS do not date this passion of the unknown authorship. I
presume that it must have been written before the twelfth
century. Does anyone know when and where it comes from?
Elena Lemeneva
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Central European University
Medieval Studies Department
Nador utca 9, 1051 Budapest
HUNGARY
Pannonia utca, 49/B, IV/3
1133 Budapest Hungary
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