Nativity or The Nativity may refer to:
Birth of Jesus Christ
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Nativity of Jesus
The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Jesus or birth of Christ is described in the biblical gospels of Gospel of Luke, Luke and Gospel of Matthew, Matthew. The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judaea (Roman ...
, the Gospel stories of the birth of Jesus Christ
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Nativity of Jesus in art
The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century.
The artistic depictions of the ''Nativity'' or birth of Jesus, celebrated at Christmas, are based on the narratives in the Bible, in the Gospels of Matthew a ...
, any depiction of the nativity scene
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''Nativity'' (Campin), a 1420 panel painting by Robert Campin
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''Nativity'' (Christus), a devotional mid-1450s oil-on-wood panel painting by Petrus Christus
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''Nativity'' (Correggio), a painting finished around 1529–1530 by Antonio da Correggio
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''Nativity'' (El Greco),
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''Nativity'' (Geertgen tot Sint Jans) or ''Nativity at Night'', a painting of about 1490 by Geertgen tot Sint Jans
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''Nativity'' (Lanfranco),
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''Nativity'' (Masaccio) or ''Desco da parto'', a birthing-tray painted by Masaccio
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''Nativity'' (Parmigianino),
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''Nativity'' (Simone dei Crocifissi),
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''The Nativity'' (Burne-Jones), 1888
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''The Nativity'' (Piero della Francesca),
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Nativity play
A Nativity play or Christmas pageant is a play which recounts the story of the Nativity of Jesus. It is usually performed at Christmas, the feast of the Nativity.
Liturgical
The term "Nativity Drama" is used by Wellesz in his discussion of the ...
, a play which recounts the story of the Nativity of Jesus
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Nativity scene
In the Christianity, Christian tradition, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib, crèche ( or ), or in Italian language, Italian ''presepio'' or ''presepe'', or Bethlehem) is the special exhibition, particularly during the Christ ...
or crèche, a three-dimensional display depicting the Nativity
Film, television, and theater
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''Nativity'' (film series), a 2009–2018 series of British family Christmas films
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Nativity!
''Nativity!'' is a 2009 British Christmas musical comedy film directed by Debbie Isitt and released on 27 November 2009 and the first instalment in the ''Nativity'' film series. The film stars Martin Freeman and Ashley Jensen. In the film teac ...
'', the 2009 first film in the series
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''The Nativity'' (film), a 1978 American television film
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''The Nativity'' (television drama), a 1952 American television film
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''The Nativity'' (TV series), a 2010 British four-part drama series
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Nativity: A Life Story'', a musical by Langston Hughes first staged in the mid-1990s
Other uses
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La Navidad
La Navidad ("The Nativity", i.e. Christmas) was a settlement that Christopher Columbus and his men established on the northeast coast of Haiti (near what is now Caracol, Nord-Est Department, Haiti) in 1492 from the remains of the Spanish ship th ...
(The Nativity), a settlement founded in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, in present-day Haiti
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Natal chart
A horoscope (or other commonly used names for the horoscope in English include natal chart, astrological chart, astro-chart, celestial map, sky-map, star-chart, cosmogram, vitasphere, radical chart, radix, chart wheel or simply chart) is an ast ...
or nativity, the horoscope at or of the time of one's birth
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Nativity High School (Detroit, Michigan)
Nativity of Our Lord High School, commonly called Nativity High School, was established in Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1914. The Dominican Sisters from Racine, Wisconsin
Racine ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, Unit ...
, former high school in Detroit, Michigan
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Nativity School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Nativity School is a private Catholic elementary school in Cincinnati, Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fif ...
, Catholic grade school in Cincinnati, Ohio
See also
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Antigen nativity
In immunology, an antigen (Ag) is a molecule or molecular structure or any foreign particulate matter or a pollen grain that can bind to a specific antibody or T-cell receptor. The presence of antigens in the body may trigger an immune respons ...
, an antigen before an APC binds to it
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Birth
Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring, also referred to in technical contexts as parturition. In mammals, the process is initiated by hormones which cause the muscular walls of the uterus to contract, expelling the f ...
, the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring
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Native (disambiguation)
Native may refer to:
People
* Jus soli, citizenship by right of birth
* Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory
** Native Americans (disambiguation)
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Nativity of Mary
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Mary, the Marymas or the Birth of the Virgin Mary, refers to a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus.
The modern canon of scripture does not record Mary's bir ...
, a Catholic feast day commemorating the birth of the Virgin Mary
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Nativity of St John the Baptist
The Nativity of John the Baptist (or Birth of John the Baptist, or Nativity of the Forerunner, or colloquially Johnmas or St. John's Day (in German) Johannistag) is a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of John the Baptist. It is observed ...
, a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of John the Baptist
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Nativity of the Theotokos
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Mary, the Marymas or the Birth of the Virgin Mary, refers to a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus.
The modern canon of scripture does not record Mary's bir ...
, Eastern Orthodox feast day commemorating the birth of the Virgin Mary
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Nativism (disambiguation)
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Navidad (disambiguation)
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