Nino de Géorgie
v. 296-v. 338 4th century Feast day: January 14
To bear witness to Christ by a simple, unarmed presence, when one has neither rank nor power to impose oneself.
Who was Nino de Géorgie?
A young woman from Cappadocia, she arrived in the fourth century in the kingdom of Iberia, present-day Georgia, where she first lived in obscurity. Tradition credits her with the healing of Queen Nana and then the conversion of King Mirian, and through them of an entire people. She is depicted holding a cross of vine branches bound, it is said, with her own hair.
In their own words
That healing art which is of man I know not; but my God whom I serve, Christ, can cure this child, though all think his case hopeless.
It is not commanded by God to raise the sword, but to show the way of truth by the gospel, and by the honourable cross which leadeth unto everlasting life. May God's grace enlighten the darkness of their hearts.