Santo Niño, which means "holy child", is a Spanish title for the
Christ Child (
Jesus Christ
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
as a child) and may also refer to:
Representations of Jesus
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Santo Niño de Cebú
The Santo Niño de Cebú is a Roman Catholic title of the Child Jesus associated with a religious image of the Christ Child widely venerated as miraculous by Filipino Catholics. It is the oldest Christian artifact in the Philippines, original ...
, a Filipino representation of the Child Jesus
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Santo Niño de Atocha
Holy Infant of Atocha, ''Santo Niño de Atocha'', ''Holy Child of Atocha'', ''Saint Child of Atocha'', or ''Wise Child of Atocha'' is a Roman Catholic image of the Christ Child popular among the Hispanic cultures of Spain, Latin America and t ...
, a Hispanic representation of the Child Jesus
* Santissimo Gesu de Malines (
Infant Jesus of Mechelen
The Infant Jesus of Mechelen () is an unadorned 16th-century wooden image depicting the Child Jesus holding a globus cruciger and imparting a blessing. It is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris, as a typical representative of a type of image produce ...
), a Dutch representation of the Child Jesus that greatly resembles the image from
Cebú
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Niño Dios of Mexico
The ''Niño Dios'' (literally Child God) of Mexico is a tradition of venerating the Child Jesus in Mexico which has taken root from the time it was introduced in the 16th century and then synchronized with pre-Hispanic elements to form some uniqu ...
, Mexican representations of the Infant Jesus
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Niñopa, a depiction of the Baby Jesus that is considered to be the most popular of all the Niño Dios icons in Mexico.
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Divino Niño, a Colombian representation of the Infant Jesus
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Santo Bambino of Aracoeli
The Santo Bambino of Aracœli ("Holy Child of Aracœli"), sometimes known as the Bambino Gesù di Aracœli ("Child Jesus of Aracœli") is a 15th-century Roman Catholic devotional replicated wooden image enshrined in the titular Basilica of Santa M ...
, an Italian representation of the Infant Jesus
* Santo Niño de la Salud (
Holy Infant of Good Health
The Holy Infant of Good Health (''Santo Niño de la Salud'') is a statue of the Christ Child regarded by many to be miraculous, which was found in 1939, in Morelia, Michoacán State, Mexico. The statue is eleven inches tall. A number of healings ...
), a Child Jesus depiction from Morelia (Michoacán State), Mexico
* Santo Niño Jesus de la Praga (
Infant Jesus of Prague
The Infant Jesus of Prague ( cs, Pražské Jezulátko: es, Niño Jesús de Praga) is a 16th-century wax-coated wooden statue of the Child Jesus holding a '' globus cruciger'' of Spanish origin, now located in the Discalced Carmelite Church o ...
), a representation of the Child Jesus in the Czech Republic
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Bambino Gesu of Arenzano, a Child Jesus depiction from Genoa, Italy
People other than Jesus
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Santo Niño de La Guardia, a Christian child allegedly murdered by Jews; cult suppressed as veneration was part of blood libel
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Saint Nino
Saint Nino ( ka, წმინდა ნინო, tr; hy, Սուրբ Նունե, Surb Nune; el, Αγία Νίνα, Agía Nína; sometimes ''St. Nune'' or ''St. Ninny'') ''Equal to the Apostles and the Enlightener of Georgia'' (c. 296 – c. 33 ...
, a Christian Saint from Georgia
Places
Mexico
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El Santo Niño, Baja California Sur
Philippines
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Santo Niño de Arevalo, Arevalo, Iloilo City
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Santo Niño, Cagayan
Santo Niño, officially the Municipality of Santo Niño ( ibg, Ili nat Santo Niño; ilo, Ili ti Santo Niño; tl, Bayan ng Santo Niño), formerly known as Faire, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to th ...
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Santo Niño, Samar
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Santo Niño, South Cotabato
Santo Niño, officially the Municipality of Santo Niño ( hil, Banwa sang Santo Niño; ceb, Lungsod sa Santo Niño; tl, Bayan ng Santo Niño; mdh, Inged nu Santu Ninyu, Jawi: ايڠايد نو سنتو نيڽو), is a 3rd class municipality i ...
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Santo Niño, Parañaque
Santo Niño is an administrative division in southern Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is a barangay in the city of Parañaque immediately surrounding Ninoy Aquino International Airport on its west and south sides. A large portion of the village ...
in Metro Manila
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Santo Niño de Tondo Parish in Metro Manila
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Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in Cebu City
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Santo Niño de Paombong in Paombong Bulacan
See also
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Nino (disambiguation)
Nino or Niño may refer to:
*Nino (name)
*Niño (name)
* Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court justice whose nickname was "Nino"
*El Niño, a climate pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean
*NINO, an abbreviation for National Insurance number in th ...
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