Category: Christianity

1. Where was St. Anterus born? Lebanon Greece Syria ArmeniaCorrect Answer: Greece 2. What was St. Anterus’ father’s name? Romulus Claudius Benedict AmbroseCorrect Answer: Romulus 3. When was St. Anterus pope? 140-155 366-367 235-236 418-422Correct Answer: 235-236 4. When was St. Anterus elected pope? 12 March 418 31 May 366 7 July 140 21 November 235Correct Answer: 21 November 235 5. Which diocese’s bishop was consecrated by St. Anterus? Florence Fundi Benevento PaduaCorrect Answer: Fundi 6. When did St. Anterus die? 3 January 236 25 April 422 18 September 367 12 October 155Correct Answer: 3 January 236 7. Where did ... Read more

(St. Pontian is also known as St. Pontain.) 11. Where was St. Pontian born? Verona Salona Genoa RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 12. When was St. Pontian pope? 253-254 283-296 230-235 308-309Correct Answer: 230-235 13. Whose condemnation was confirmed by a synod summoned by St. Pontian? Origen Pelagius Nestorius DonatusCorrect Answer: Origen 14. Who was the antipope opposed to St. Pontian? Eulalius St. Hippolytus Laurentius TheodoreCorrect Answer: St. Hippolytus 15. Who began the persecution of Christians during the papacy of St. Pontian? Julian Galerius Maximinus LiciniusCorrect Answer: Maximinus 16. When did St. Pontian abdicate? 15 March 308 26 May 283 28 September ... Read more

21. What was St. Urban I’s father’s name? Horatio Scipio Pontianus CatoCorrect Answer: Pontianus 22. When was St. Urban I pope? 254-257 222-230 401-417 523-526Correct Answer: 222-230 23. Who preceded St. Urban I? St. Callixtus I St. Cornelius St. Siricius St. FabianCorrect Answer: St. Callixtus I 24. When was St. Urban I elected pope? 12 February 523 1 June 410 3 August 254 14 October 222Correct Answer: 14 October 222 25. Who was the Roman emperor during the papacy of St. Urban I? Pertinax Severus Alexander Maximinius JulianusCorrect Answer: Severus Alexander 26. Who was the antipope opposed to St. Urban ... Read more

31. Where was St. Zephyrinus born? Dover Amiens Nantes RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 32. What was St. Zephyrinus’ father’s name? Quintus Habundius Albino GiovanniCorrect Answer: Habundius 33. When was St. Zephyrinus pope? 199-217 260-268 492-496 337-352Correct Answer: 199-217 34. Who preceded St. Zephyrinus? Vigilius Sabinian St. Victor I Boniface IIICorrect Answer: St. Victor I 35. Who wrote in Philosophoumena, St. Zephyrinus was a weak man unskilled in the church’s rule? St. Ambrose St. Hippolytus St. Augustine St. JeromeCorrect Answer: St. Hippolytus 36. Whom did St. Zephyrinus excommunicate for preaching Monarchianism? Marcion Donatus Artemon NestoriusCorrect Answer: Artemon 37. When did St. Zephyrinus ... Read more

41. What was St. Victor I’s father’s name? Albert George Felix HenryCorrect Answer: Felix 42. When was St. Victor I pope? 217-236 189-199 533-535 604-606Correct Answer: 189-199 43. Whom did St. Victor I excommunicate for preaching Monarchianism? John Hus Duns Scotus Theodotus NovatianCorrect Answer: Theodotus 44. What was the dispute St. Victor I had with Eastern Churches that led to their excommunication? Easter Date Filioque Monophysitism MiaphysitismCorrect Answer: Easter Date 45. Who was the bishop of Ephesus when St. Victor I excommunicated Eastern Churches? Jamblichus Malchus Polycrates NestoriusCorrect Answer: Polycrates 46. Who of the following was against the excommunication of ... Read more

51. Where was St. Eleutherius born? Nicopolis Alexandria Smyrna HebronCorrect Answer: Nicopolis 52. When was St. Eleutherius pope? 269-274 311-314 175-189 432-440Correct Answer: 175-189 53. Who preceded St. Eleutherius? Liberius St. Hilarius St. Soter Theodore ICorrect Answer: St. Soter 54. What was St. Eleutherius at the time of his election? Deacon Lector Porter AcolyteCorrect Answer: Deacon 55. Which movement did St. Eleutherius oppose? Pelagianism Donatism Montanism CalvinismCorrect Answer: Montanism 56. Who was the bishop of Lyon during the papacy of St. Eleutherius? St. Gregory of Tours St. Irenaeus St. Francis De Sales St. PolycarpCorrect Answer: St. Irenaeus 57. When did ... Read more

61. Where was St. Soter born? Santiago Fondi Lisbon ValenciaCorrect Answer: Fondi 62. What was St. Soter’s father’s name? Concordius Silvanus Rufus NicodemusCorrect Answer: Concordius 63. When was St. Soter pope? 253-254 417-418 166-175 530-532Correct Answer: 166-175 64. Who preceded St. Soter? St. John III St. Anicetus St. Mark St. Boniface IICorrect Answer: St. Anicetus 65. To which church did St. Soter send a letter and money? Thessalonica Galatia Ephesus CorinthCorrect Answer: Corinth 66. Who replied to St. Soter acknowledging the letter and money? St. Silas St. Dionysius Henry Stuart St. Martin of ToursCorrect Answer: St. Dionysius 67. Which of ... Read more

71. Where was St. Anicetus born? Emesa Shiraz Hebron BratislavaCorrect Answer: Emesa 72. What was St. Anicetus’ father’s name? Peter James John MatthewCorrect Answer: John 73. When was St. Anicetus pope? 217-222 308-309 401-417 155-166Correct Answer: 155-166 74. Who preceded St. Anicetus? Clement VII Bl. Urban V St. Pius I Nicholas IVCorrect Answer: St. Pius I 75. Who of the following historians visited Rome during the papacy of St. Anicetus? Josephus Hegesippus Pliny the Younger HerodotusCorrect Answer: Hegesippus 76. Who visited Rome to discuss with St. Anicetus the controversy over Easter date? St. Titus St. Ambrose St. Timothy St. PolycarpCorrect ... Read more

81. Where was St. Pius I born? Grado Venice Aquileia LisbonCorrect Answer: Aquileia 82. What was St. Pius I’s father’s name? Rufinus Julius Octavius CassiusCorrect Answer: Rufinus 83. What was St. Pius I, according to his brother Hermas? Farmer Slave Cowherd BlacksmithCorrect Answer: Slave 84. When was St. Pius I pope? 142-155 640-642 579-590 492-496Correct Answer: 142-155 85. Who preceded St. Pius I? Sisinius Liberius John IV St. Leo IICorrect Answer: John IV 86. Whom did St. Pius I excommunicate? William of Ockham Thomas Erastus Marcion TertullianCorrect Answer: Marcion 87. Who of the following met St. Pius I? St. Lawrence ... Read more

91. Where was St. Hyginus born? Athens Skopje Rotterdam VeronaCorrect Answer: Athens 92. When was St. Hyginus pope? 604-606 136-140 496-498 269-274Correct Answer: 136-140 93. Who preceded St. Hyginus? Romanus Pelagius II St. Telesphorus St. MarcusCorrect Answer: St. Telesphorus 94. Which of the following is said to have been instituted by St. Hyginus? Godparents at baptism to newly born Swiss Guards Feast of the Holy Trinity Holy Cross DayCorrect Answer: Godparents at baptism to newly born 95. Which Gnostic came to Rome during the papacy of St. Hyginus? Simon Magus Menander Valentinus BasilidesCorrect Answer: Valentinus 96. Which book credits St. ... Read more