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ID: 901000202
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000202
Record Type: Character/Person

Christina of Bolsena, Saint (Christian character)

Note: Legendary saint, virgin, and martyr. An early Christian church and the tomb of a female martyr with inscriptions confirm a martyr having a name similar to Christina was venerated by the local community by the end of the 4th century.

Display Date: 3rd-4th centuries

Names:
Christina of Bolsena, Saint (Christian character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Saint Christina of Bolsena (Christian character) (English,A,N)
Christina of Tyre (Christian character) (English,U,N)
Santa Cristina (Christian character) (Italian-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Christian iconography> (P)
........<Christian characters> (P)
............Christina of Bolsena, Saint (Christian character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... saint
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... virgin
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... martyr
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Christianity
.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
located in .... Bolsena
.....(Viterbo province, Lazio, Italy, Europe) (TGN)

Sources:
Christina of Bolsena, Saint (Christian character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) nr 90001054
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Saint Christina of Bolsena (Christian character)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Christina of Tyre (Christian character)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Santa Cristina (Christian character)
................ICCD database (1988-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ ICCD database (1988-) 11HH(CHRISTINA) the virgin martyr Christina of Bolsena
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_of_Bolsena#/media/File:Ravensburg_St_Christina_Hl_Christina.jpg

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