Holy Wisdom is a concept in Christian theology.
Full-page illustration of Sapientia (Wisdom) of the 12th century. Wisdom is the central figure, between the figures of Christ (above), Zechariah, father of John the Baptist and the patriarch Jacob (below), David and Abraham, Malachi and Balaam, Isaiah, and Daniel (to the left and right, respectively)
Icon of Divine Wisdom София Премудрость Божия) from St George Church in Vologda (16th century)
Reconstruction of the Hagia Sophia basilica of Constantinople
Late gothic wooden sculpture of saints Sophia, Faith, Hope and Charity (Eschau, 1470)
Sophia is a central idea in Hellenistic philosophy and religion, Platonism, Gnosticism and Christian theology. Originally carrying a meaning of "cleverness, skill", the later meaning of the term, close to the meaning of phronesis, was significantly shaped by the term philosophía as used by Plato.
Personification of Wisdom (Koinē Greek: Σοφία, Sophía) at the Library of Celsus in Ephesus (second century)
Icon of Divine Wisdom (София Премудрость Божия) from St George Church in Vologda (16th century)
Reconstruction of the Hagia Sophia basilica in Istanbul (section)
"Wisdom hath built her house" (Премудрость созда Себе дом, Novgorod, 16th century)
