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Saint Nino
Early Christian saint (296–335)
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: Catholicism (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
296
Died
335
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Georgia beyond the Black Sea, Saint Nino: a Christian captive, by the holiness of her life she won from all such respect and admiration as to draw to the faith of Christ the queen herself, whose son she had healed by her prayers, the king and all his people.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 14 January as a Christian captive who brought the queen, the king and the people of Georgia to the faith.
Connected on this site
- Mirian III of Iberia Saint“According to tradition, she performed miraculous healings and converted the Georgian queen, Nana, and eventually the pagan king Mirian III of Iberia, who, lost in darkness and blinded on a hunting trip, found his way only after praying to "Nino's God".” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 14 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q236779 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Nino (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.