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 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T797550 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saint Nino Context triple: [Georgian Orthodox Church, venerates, Saint Nino]
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A.
Saint Lucy
Saint Lucy is a Christian martyr and saint, particularly venerated in Italy and Scandinavia, who is associated with light and whose feast day is celebrated on December 13.
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B.
Saint Reparata
Saint Reparata is a Christian virgin martyr venerated particularly in the Mediterranean region, regarded as a patron saint of Nice and celebrated for her steadfast faith and miraculous legends.
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C.
Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia is a locality or frazione within the municipality of Predappio in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.
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D.
Saint Catherine
Saint Catherine is a town in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula best known as the gateway to Mount Sinai and the historic Saint Catherine’s Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Saint Barbara
Saint Barbara is a Christian martyr venerated as the patron saint of artillerymen, military engineers, and others who work with explosives and dangerous occupations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saint Nino Target entity description: 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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A.
Saint Lucy
Saint Lucy is a Christian martyr and saint, particularly venerated in Italy and Scandinavia, who is associated with light and whose feast day is celebrated on December 13.
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B.
Saint Reparata
Saint Reparata is a Christian virgin martyr venerated particularly in the Mediterranean region, regarded as a patron saint of Nice and celebrated for her steadfast faith and miraculous legends.
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C.
Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia is a locality or frazione within the municipality of Predappio in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.
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D.
Saint Catherine
Saint Catherine is a town in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula best known as the gateway to Mount Sinai and the historic Saint Catherine’s Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Saint Barbara
Saint Barbara is a Christian martyr venerated as the patron saint of artillerymen, military engineers, and others who work with explosives and dangerous occupations.
- F. None of above. chosen
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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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saint Nino Description of subject: 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.
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