Saint Nino

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Saint Nino is a revered early Christian missionary credited with converting the ancient Kingdom of Iberia (eastern Georgia) to Christianity and is honored as one of the most important saints in Georgian religious history.

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Label Occurrences
Saint Nino canonical 9
Saint Nina 1
Saint Nina of Georgia 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
Georgian Orthodox saint
female saint
missionary
alsoKnownAs Nino of Cappadocia
Saint Nino
surface form: Saint Nina
associatedWithEvent Christianization of Iberia (ancient Georgia)
surface form: Christianization of Iberia

adoption of Christianity as state religion in Iberia
associatedWithRuler Mirian III of Iberia
surface form: King Mirian III of Iberia

Mirian III of Iberia
surface form: Queen Nana of Iberia
commemoratedBy pilgrimage to Bodbe
commemoratedIn Georgian liturgical calendar
countryOfActivity Georgia
Kingdom of Iberia
culturalSignificance national religious heroine of Georgia
feastDay January 14 (Julian calendar)
January 27 (Gregorian calendar, some traditions)
June 1 (translation of relics, some traditions)
gender female
hasIconographicAttribute holding a grapevine cross tied with hair
simple missionary clothing
hasRelicAt Bodbe Monastery
honorificTitle Enlightener of Georgia
Equal-to-the-Apostles
influenced spread of Christianity in the Caucasus
knownFor conversion of the Kingdom of Iberia to Christianity
preaching Christianity in Georgia
languageOfPreaching Georgian
legacy numerous churches dedicated to her in Georgia
widespread personal name Nino in Georgia
locatedIn Bodbe Monastery, Kakheti, Georgia
mentionedIn Georgian hagiographic texts
partOf history of Christianity in Georgia
patronage Georgia
Georgian people
conversion to Christianity
placeOfBurial Bodbe Monastery
placeOfDeath Bodbe
religion Christianity
symbol grapevine cross
timePeriod early 4th century
traditionallyFrom Cappadocia
veneratedIn Armenian Apostolic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Georgian Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Svetitskhoveli Cathedral associatedWith Saint Nino
this entity surface form: Saint Nino of Cappadocia
Saint Nino alsoKnownAs Saint Nino
this entity surface form: Saint Nina
Equal-to-the-Apostles appliedToExamples Saint Nino
this entity surface form: Saint Nina of Georgia
Order of Saint Nino (posthumous, canonization-related honor in Georgia) namedAfter Saint Nino
subject surface form: Order of Saint Nino
Chosroid dynasty associatedWith Saint Nino
Mirian III of Iberia convertedBy Saint Nino