Santo Niño, which means "holy child", is a Spanish title for the
Christ Child
The Christ Child, also known as Divine Infant, Baby Jesus, Infant Jesus, the Divine Child, Child Jesus, the Holy Child, Santo Niño, and to some as Señor Noemi refers to Jesus Christ from his nativity to age 12.
The four canonical gospels, ...
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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, originall ...
, 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 ...
, 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
Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...
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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
The Niñopa or Niñopan is the most venerated image of the Child Jesus in the Mexico City borough of Xochimilco. It was created over 430 years ago in the San Bernardino monastery, as part of evangelization efforts. Since then it has been in the po ...
, 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
The Divino Niño, also known as Divino Niño de Bogotá or Divine Child Jesus, is a 20th-century religious wooden statue of the child Jesus originating from Bogota, Colombia. A cross originally in the back was removed upon purchase by Father Gi ...
, 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 ...
, 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 ...
), a representation of the Child Jesus in the Czech Republic
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Bambino Gesu of Arenzano
The Bambino Gesu of Arenzano locally known as Il Grande Piccinino (Lit: Child Jesus of Arenzano, the Great Little Child) is a Roman Catholic devotional image depicting the Child Jesus venerated by the Genoese faithful.
The image takes its iconogr ...
, a Child Jesus depiction from Genoa, Italy
People other than Jesus
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Santo Niño de La Guardia
The Holy Child of La Guardia ( es, El Santo Niño de La Guardia) is a folk saint in Spanish Roman Catholicism and the subject of a medieval blood libel in the town of La Guardia in the central Spanish province of Toledo ( Castile–La Mancha).Ro ...
, 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. 3 ...
, a Christian Saint from Georgia
Places
Mexico
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El Santo Niño, Baja California Sur
El Santo Niño is a small village in Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur (; 'South Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur), is the least popul ...
Philippines
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Santo Niño de Arevalo, Arevalo, Iloilo City
Santo ('saint' in various languages) may refer to:
People
* Santo (given name)
* Santo (surname)
* El Santo, Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (1917–1984), Mexican wrestler and actor
* Bob Santo or Santo, stage name of Ghanaian comedian John Evans Kwadw ...
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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
Santo Niño, officially the Municipality of Santo Niño ( ceb, Lungsod sa Santo Niño; war, Bungto han Santo Niño; tl, Bayan ng Santo Niño), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it ha ...
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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
Santo Niño de Tondo Parish, also known as Tondo Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Tondo, Manila established by the Augustinians. It houses an image of the Infant Jesus which originally came from Acapulco, Mexico and was handed over by a wea ...
in Metro Manila
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Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name ...
in Cebu City
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Santo Niño de Paombong in Paombong Bulacan
See also
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Nino (disambiguation)
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