Christina is the Latin feminine of Christianus — "follower of Christ." **Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689)** — **inherited the Swedish throne at age 6, abdicated at 27 to convert to Roman Catholicism, and lived the rest of her life in Rome as patron of artists and philosophers including Descartes** (who died of pneumonia teaching her in cold Stockholm). **Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)** — English poet; author of *Goblin Market* (1862) and the Christmas hymn *In the Bleak Midwinter*. **Christina Aguilera (born 1980)** — American Grammy-winning pop singer.
Subject of Greta Garbo's *Queen Christina* (1933 film).
Christina reduces to five — the number of Swedish queen.