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Anastasius III Quiz

Christianity, Popes, Religion

Pope Anastasius III was a Roman by birth. Almost nothing is recorded of Pope Anastasius III, his pontificate falling in the period when Rome and the Papacy were in the power of Theophylact, Count of Tusculum, and his wife Theodora, who approved Anastasius III’s candidacy. Under his reign the Normans of Rollo were evangelized.
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Anastasius III Quiz Questions

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1. Where was Anastasius III born?
a) Avignon
b) Rome
c) Lyon
d) Babylon

2. What was Anastasius III’s father’s name?
a) Lucian
b) Gratian
c) Hector
d) Conrad

3. When was Anastasius III pope?
a) 898-900
b) 911-913
c) 904-911
d) 900-903

4. Who received pallium from Anastasius III?
a) Stigand
b) St. Malachy
c) Theodulf
d) Ragimbert

5. Where did Anastasius III determine ecclesiastical divisions?
a) Finland
b) Germany
c) Poland
d) Russia

6. Who was the Byzantine emperor during the beginning of the papacy of Anastasius III?
a) Leo VI
b) Basil I
c) Michael III
d) Theophilus

7. Which diocese’s bishop received privileges from Anastasius III?
a) London
b) Paris
c) Pavia
d) Rotterdam

8. Who was the patriarch of Constantinople who wrote a lengthy letter to Anastasius III about dispensation to marry for the fourth time?
a) Ignatius
b) Nicholas I
c) Sergius
d) Photius

9. Where did Anastasius III die?
a) Geneva
b) Rome
c) Lausanne
d) Berlin

10. Who succeeded Anastasius III?
a) Eugene II
b) Valentine
c) Sergius III
d) Lando

Anastasius III Quiz Questions with Answers

1. Where was Anastasius III born?
b) Rome

2. What was Anastasius III’s father’s name?
a) Lucian

3. When was Anastasius III pope?
b) 911-913

4. Who received pallium from Anastasius III?
d) Ragimbert

5. Where did Anastasius III determine ecclesiastical divisions?
b) Germany

6. Who was the Byzantine emperor during the beginning of the papacy of Anastasius III?
a) Leo VI

7. Which diocese’s bishop received privileges from Anastasius III?
c) Pavia

8. Who was the patriarch of Constantinople who wrote a lengthy letter to Anastasius III about dispensation to marry for the fourth time?
b) Nicholas I

9. Where did Anastasius III die?
b) Rome

10. Who succeeded Anastasius III?
d) Lando

St. Raymond of Penafort Quiz

Christianity, Religion, Saints

Raymond of Penyafort was a Catalan Dominican friar in the 13th century, who compiled the Decretals of Gregory IX, a collection of canonical laws that remained a major part of Church law until the 1917 Code of Canon Law abrogated it. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church and is the patron saint of canon lawyers.
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St. Raymond of Penafort Quiz Questions

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1. Where did St. Raymond of Penafort study canon law?
a) Cahors
b) Naples
c) Genoa
d) Bologna

2. When did St. Raymond of Penafort teach canon law at Bologna?
a) 1198-1202
b) 1218-1221
c) 1204-1206
d) 1207-1212

3. Which order did St. Raymond of Penafort join?
a) Augustinian
b) Jesuit
c) Dominican
d) Benedictine

4. What did St. Raymond of Penafort write as a manual of canon law for confessors?
a) Summa de Casibus Poenitentiae
b) Decretum Gratiani
c) Corpus Juris Canonici
d) Summa Theologiae

5. Whose decretals did St. Raymond of Penafort compile?
a) Pius X
b) Gregory IX
c) Clement VII
d) Urban VII

6. When was St. Raymond of Penafort master general?
a) 1185-1190
b) 1215-1227
c) 1238-1240
d) 1250-1262

7. Who wrote Summa Contra Gentiles at St. Raymond of Penafort’s request?
a) St. Lawrence of Brindisi
b) St. Thomas Aquinas
c) St. Peter Damian
d) St. Albert

8. When did St. Raymond of Penafort die?
a) 6 January 1275
b) 5 May 1242
c) 8 August 1198
d) 30 December 1264

9. Where did St. Raymond of Penafort die?
a) Rome
b) Barcelona
c) Tunis
d) Florence

10. When is the feast day of St. Raymond of Penafort?
a) 2 February
b) 14 June
c) 8 August
d) 7 January

St. Raymond of Penafort Quiz Questions with Answers

1. Where did St. Raymond of Penafort study canon law?
d) Bologna

2. When did St. Raymond of Penafort teach canon law at Bologna?
b) 1218-1221

3. Which order did St. Raymond of Penafort join?
c) Dominican

4. What did St. Raymond of Penafort write as a manual of canon law for confessors?
a) Summa de Casibus Poenitentiae

5. Whose decretals did St. Raymond of Penafort compile?
b) Gregory IX

6. When was St. Raymond of Penafort master general?
c) 1238-1240

7. Who wrote Summa Contra Gentiles at St. Raymond of Penafort’s request?
b) St. Thomas Aquinas

8. When did St. Raymond of Penafort die?
a) 6 January 1275

9. Where did St. Raymond of Penafort die?
b) Barcelona

10. When is the feast day of St. Raymond of Penafort?
d) 7 January

St. Ferdinand Quiz

Christianity, Religion, Saints

(St. Ferdinand is also known as St. Ferdinand III of Castille. Some sources mention 1198 as the year of his birth.)

1. When was St. Ferdinand born?

2. Where was St. Ferdinand born?

3. How old was St. Ferdinand when he became King of Castille?

4. When did St. Ferdinand conquer Cordoba?

5. When did St. Ferdinand die?

6. Where did St. Ferdinand die?

7. When was St. Ferdinand beatified?

8. Who beatified St. Ferdinand?

9. Who canonized St. Ferdinand?

10. Who of the following have St. Ferdinand as their patron?