The Life of Saint Nino “relating the history of the conversion of Georgia to Christianity, the   triumph of the faith of Christ and especially the glorious deeds of the holy woman Nino” (Rapp 1999: 85) is known from tenth century manuscripts. In fact, the   text   consist of different accounts created by various authors at different times, edited and brought together in a single compilation. Here it is attempted to retrace some textual parallels and differences between the Georgian   and Latin accounts. The comparison will reveal an early stratum of the saint’s legend which can be found in the accounts ascribed to a certain Sidonia.