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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Nino canonical | 9 |
| Saint Nina | 1 |
| Saint Nina of Georgia | 1 |
| Saint Nino of Cappadocia | 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
|
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Saint Nino of Cappadocia
this entity surface form:
Saint Nina
this entity surface form:
Saint Nina of Georgia
subject surface form:
Order of Saint Nino