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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
Georgian Orthodox saint
female saint
missionary
alsoKnownAs Nino of Cappadocia
Saint Nina
linked to: Saint Nino
associatedWithEvent Christianization of Iberia
adoption of Christianity as state religion in Iberia
associatedWithRuler King Mirian III of Iberia
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 Church
Georgian Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Svetitskhoveli Cathedral associatedWith Saint Nino of Cappadocia
linked to: Saint Nino
Saint Nino alsoKnownAs Saint Nina
linked to: Saint Nino
Equal-to-the-Apostles appliedToExamples Saint Nina of Georgia
linked to: Saint Nino
Order of Saint Nino namedAfter Saint Nino
Chosroid dynasty associatedWith Saint Nino
Mirian III of Iberia convertedBy Saint Nino