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(Stephen II is also known as Stephen (II)III.) 1. What was Stephen II at the time he became pope? Porter Lector Deacon AcolyteCorrect Answer: Deacon 2. When was Stephen II pope? 731-741 752-757 767-772 686-687Correct Answer: 752-757 3. When was Stephen II elected pope? 26 March 752 22 April 686 10 August 731 12 December 767Correct Answer: 26 March 752 4. When did Stephen II meet Pippin III in Gaul? 6 January 754 25 May 688n 12 September 733 17 November 769Correct Answer: 6 January 754 5. Which Lombard king tried to conquer Rome during the papacy of Stephen II? ... Read more

11. When was Adrian I pope? 772-795 801-812 815-816 822-824Correct Answer: 772-795 12. When was Adrian I elected pope? 1 February 772 22 April 801 24 August 815 21 October 822Correct Answer: 1 February 772 13. Who came to the aid of Adrian I and imprisoned Desiderius? Ferdinand Alaric Charlemagne Henry IICorrect Answer: Charlemagne 14. Where was Desiderius sent to live in a monastery? Mount Athos Valetta Nicosia CorbieCorrect Answer: Corbie 15. Which doctrine did Adrian I oppose? Existentialism Adoptionism Phenomenalism LutheranismCorrect Answer: Adoptionism 16. Which ecumenical council was held during the papacy of Adrian I? Lateran III Constantinople I ... Read more

21. Where was St. Leo III born? Berne Lausanne Rome ViennaCorrect Answer: Rome 22. When was St. Leo III pope? 795-816 622-644 819-821 780-784Correct Answer: 795-816 23. When was St. Leo III elected pope? 11 January 622 22 April 819 16 August 780 26 December 795Correct Answer: 26 December 795 24. When was St. Leo III consecrated pope? 14 January 622 25 April 819 17 August 780 27 December 795Correct Answer: 27 December 795 25. Whom did St. Leo III recognise as the patricius of the Romans? Romulus Augustus Charlemagne Diocletian JulianCorrect Answer: Charlemagne 26. When was St. Leo III ... Read more

31. Where was St. Paschal I born? Constantinople Rome Adrianople LuxorCorrect Answer: Rome 32. When was St. Paschal I pope? 767-772 795-816 817-824 844-847Correct Answer: 817-824 33. What was St. Paschal I at the time of his election? Novice Regent Abbot ChaplainCorrect Answer: Abbot 34. When was St. Paschal I elected pope? 26 January 817 22 April 767 11 August 795 21 October 844Correct Answer: 26 January 817 35. Whom did St. Paschal I crown co-emperor? Charles Martel Lothair I William Rufus Louis IICorrect Answer: Lothair I 36. Who issued Constitutio Romana? Michael II Lothair I Charles II AdelchisCorrect Answer: ... Read more

41. Where was Eugene II born? Berlin Rome Augsburg WormsCorrect Answer: Rome 42. Where was Eugene II archpriest? St. Sabina St. Paul outside the Walls St. John at the Latin Gate St. Mary MajorCorrect Answer: St. Sabina 43. When was Eugene II pope? 816-817 824-827 862-867 847-855Correct Answer: 824-827 44. Who preceded Eugene II? St. Paschal I Adrian II Valentine RomanusCorrect Answer: St. Paschal I 45. When was Eugene II elected pope? 11 January 847 6 June 824 16 August 862 9 December 855Correct Answer: 6 June 824 46. Who was Eugene II’s rival to papacy? Balthazar Felix V Anastasius ... Read more

51. Where was Valentine born? Amiens Lisbon Trent RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 52. What was Valentine’s father’s name? Heraclitus Leontius Titus LinusCorrect Answer: Leontius 53. Who ordained Valentine a priest? Sergius II Adrian II St. Paschal I Boniface VICorrect Answer: St. Paschal I 54. Which office was held by Valentine under St. Paschal I? Archdeacon Librarian Chancellor ProcuratorCorrect Answer: Archdeacon 55. When was Valentine pope? 827 708 897 928Correct Answer: 827 56. Where was Valentine when he was elected pope? Colosseum St. Mary Major Basilica Sistine Chapel Venetian PalaceCorrect Answer: St. Mary Major Basilica 57. Who preceded Valentine? Eugene II Lando ... Read more

(Gregory IV is referred as Gregory for the times before he became pope.) 61. What was Gregory’s father’s name? Peter James John LukeCorrect Answer: John 62. Who ordained Gregory a priest? St. Paschal I St. Leo IV Benedict III Adrian IICorrect Answer: St. Paschal I 63. At which basilica was Gregory priest? St. John Lateran St. Paul’s St. Mark’s St. Mary MajorCorrect Answer: St. Mark’s 64. When was Gregory IV pope? 847-855 795-816 816-817 827-844Correct Answer: 827-844 65. When was Gregory IV elected pope? 14 January 847 18 April 816 12 August 795 20 December 827Correct Answer: 20 December 827 ... Read more

71. Where was Benedict III born? Autun Dorchester Petrograd RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 72. What was Benedict III’s father’s name? James Peter John LevyCorrect Answer: Peter 73. At which church was Romanus priest? St. Calixtus St. Susanna St. John Berchmans St. Peter ad vinculaCorrect Answer: St. Calixtus 74. When was Benedict III pope? 855-858 795-816 817-824 867-872Correct Answer: 855-858 75. Who set up Anastasius as antipope to Benedict III? Louis II Charles III Richard II Edward IVCorrect Answer: Louis II 76. When was Benedict III consecrated pope? 17 March 867 22 April 817 29 September 855 21 October 795Correct Answer: 29 ... Read more

81. When was Adrian II pope? 860-864 867-872 875-903 903-914Correct Answer: 867-872 82. When was Adrian II elected pope? 11 January 860 22 April 903 16 August 875 14 December 867Correct Answer: 14 December 867 83. Which ecumenical council was held during the papacy of Adrian II? Lateran V Constantinople IV Constance PisaCorrect Answer: Constantinople IV 84. Whom did Adrian II appoint archbishop of Sirmium? St. Polycarp St. Ignatius St. Methodius St. BasilCorrect Answer: St. Methodius 85. Who was the archbishop of Reims with whom Adrian II had difficulties? Adalbero Ebbo Fulk HincmarCorrect Answer: Hincmar 86. Who snubbed Adrian II? ... Read more

91. When was St. Adrian III pope? 884-885 872-882 931-935 914-928Correct Answer: 884-885 92. When was St. Adrian III elected pope? 15 March 914 17 May 884 12 August 931 21 October 872Correct Answer: 17 May 884 93. Who preceded St. Adrian III? Romanus Marinus I Leo VIII Benedict IVCorrect Answer: Marinus I 94. Who was the criminal tried, condemned and blinded on the orders of St. Adrian III? George of the Aventine George of the Jungle Romanus Diogenes Michael CalaphatesCorrect Answer: George of the Aventine 95. Who summoned St. Adrian III to the Diet of Worms? Arnulf Charles III ... Read more