Saint Nino

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Saint Nino was a woman who preached Christianity in the territory of the Kingdom of Iberia in what is now Georgia. Her preaching led to the Christianization of Iberia.

Icon of Saint Nino

Mikhail Sabinin — Holy Virgin Blesses St. Nino (1882)

Bodbe Monastery near Signagi where the remains of St. Nino are enshrined.

Kingdom of Iberia

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In Greco-Roman geography, Iberia was an exonym for the Georgian kingdom of Kartli, known after its core province. The kingdom existed during Classical Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, either as an

Saint Nino

…Armenian: Սուրբ Նունե, romanized: Surb Nune; Greek: Ἁγία Νίνα, romanized: Hagía Nína) was a woman who preached Christianity in the territory of the Kingdom of Iberia in what is now Georgia. Her preaching led to the Christianization of Iberia. According to most traditional accounts, she belonged to a Greek-speaking…

A fragment of the Fasti Ostienses mentioning Pharasmanes II of Iberia. PHARASMAN'[ES REX IBERORVM CVM FILIO] E ET VXORE PHR[CVI IMP(ERATOR) ANTONINVS AVG(VSTVS) REGNVM] REDDIDIT Translation: Pharasman[es, king of the Iberians with his son] and his wife Phr[to whom the emp[eror] Antoninus Aug[ustus] restored the kingdom].

Patera from Mtskheta, likely depicting Fortuna (2nd century AD, Georgian National Museum)

Claw foot of the royal throne found at Mount Bagineti, 2nd century AD. Kept at the Georgian National Museum in Tbilisi.

The ruins of the Nekresi fire temple, identified as a Zoroastrian fire temple, sun temple, or Manichean shrine.