15 December – Saint Christiana / Saint Nino

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Saint Nino’s Grapevine Cross
Fresco
Christiana von Georgien, Heilige
S. Chretiénne (St. Christiana), December 15th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year), Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy), Etching; second state of two (Lieure)
Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L’Année
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Ecce ancilla Domini.
Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
Luke 1.38
The Book of Saints

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Roman Martyrology

Dictionary of Saintly Women

Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Contemporary Hagiography

The Ecclesiastical History of Theodoret.

Art & Architecture

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral

Monastery of St. Nino at Bodbe

Saints and their Emblems