# Saint Nino

> She arrived in fourth-century Iberia with a grapevine cross and left an entire kingdom Christian. The woman who converted Georgia — then the pagan Kingdom of Iberia — is remembered not for royal blood or scholarly training, but for surviving a massacre at fourteen and walking into foreign territory with a vision and a vine.

*Early Christian saint (296–335)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/saint-nino

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** 296
- **Died:** 0335-01-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Born to a Greek-speaking Roman family in Cappadocia and said to be a relative of Saint George, Nino served at fourteen as a lady-in-waiting to a Christian noblewoman whom Emperor Diocletian wanted to marry. The woman refused; all fled; all were killed but Nino, who hid and lived. Tradition holds that the Virgin Mary appeared to her afterward, handed her a cross made of grapevine, and sent her north to Iberia. She went, preached, and worked healings that reached the queen, Nana, then the pagan king Mirian III — who, blinded and lost on a hunt, prayed to "Nino's God" and found his way back. Around 326, Mirian declared Christianity the state religion. Nino kept preaching among Georgians until she died, and her tomb at Bodbe Monastery in Kakheti remains a pilgrimage site. The grapevine cross became the mark of Georgian Christianity; she became one of its most venerated saints.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 22.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nino)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236779)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Saint%20Nino)
- [Сьвятая Ніна](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0)
- [Нина (светица)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0))
- [Santez Kristen](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santez_Kristen)
- [Nina de Geòrgia](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_de_Ge%C3%B2rgia)
- [Svatá Nina](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%A1_Nina)
- [Nino (Heilige)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_(Heilige))
- [Αγία Νίνα](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%9D%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1)
- [Nino de Kartvelio](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_de_Kartvelio)
- [Ninó de Georgia](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nin%C3%B3_de_Georgia)
- [سنت نینو](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88)
- [Pyhä Nino](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyh%C3%A4_Nino)
- [Nino de Géorgie](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_de_G%C3%A9orgie)
- [נינו הקדושה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94)
- [Kristijana Gruzijska](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristijana_Gruzijska)
- [Szent Nina](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szent_Nina)
- [Նունե](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%86%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A5)
- [Nino dari Georgia](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_dari_Georgia)
- [Cristiana di Georgia](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiana_di_Georgia)
- [聖ニノ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%81%96%E3%83%8B%E3%83%8E)
- [წმინდა ნინო](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D)
- [성녀 니노](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%B1%EB%85%80_%EB%8B%88%EB%85%B8)
- [Christiana (sancta ancilla)](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiana_(sancta_ancilla))
- [Müqəddəs Nino](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCq%C9%99dd%C9%99s_Nino)
- [Santo Nino](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo_Nino)

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