Category: Popes

1. Which order did Leo join? Augustinian Capuchin Dominican BenedictineCorrect Answer: Benedictine 2. Under whom did Leo serve in the Curia? Gregory IV Adrian VI Pius X Benedict XCorrect Answer: Gregory IV 3. Who created Leo cardinal? Pius II Leo IX Sergius II Paul VCorrect Answer: Sergius II 4. When was Leo IV pope? 836-842 847-855 856-860 880-889Correct Answer: 847-855 5. Against whom was the alliance formed by Leo IV was victorious off Ostia in 849? Mongols Persians Vikings SaracensCorrect Answer: Saracens 6. Which town was named Leopoli in honour of Leo IV? Herculaneum Pompeii Civitavecchia AthensCorrect Answer: Civitavecchia 7. ... Read more

(Sergius II is referred to as Sergius for the times before he became pope.) 11. Who created Sergius cardinal? Urban II Leo IX Paschal I Martin VCorrect Answer: Paschal I 12. Who appointed Sergius archpriest? Urban II Gregory IV Paschal I Martin VCorrect Answer: Gregory IV 13. When was Sergius II pope? 855-858 824-827 844-847 817-824Correct Answer: 844-847 14. Who was Sergius II’s rival, elected pope by popular acclamation? John Anastasius Theodore Constantine IICorrect Answer: John 15. Who sent an army to punish Sergius II and Roman nobles for breach of Roman Constitution of 824? Ferdinand II Lothair I Edward ... Read more

21. Where was Constantine born? Belgium Denmark Libya SyriaCorrect Answer: Syria 22. When was Constantine pope? 705-707 701-705 731-741 708-715Correct Answer: 708-715 23. When was Constantine consecrated pope? 25 March 708 22 May 731 16 August 701 21 October 705Correct Answer: 25 March 708 24. Who was the king of Mercia received by Constantine as a pilgrim and became a monk in Rome? Cenred Francis Edward AethelredCorrect Answer: Cenred 25. Which council’s canons did Constantine object to? Ephesus Lyon Quinisext ChalcedonCorrect Answer: Quinisext 26. Who invited Constantine to Constantinople in 710? Marcian Justinian II Theodoric ZenoCorrect Answer: Justinian II 27. ... Read more

31. Where was St. Leo II born? Cyprus Sicily Malta Isle of ManCorrect Answer: Sicily 32. What was St. Leo II’s father’s name? Gamaliel Barnabas Paul AquilaCorrect Answer: Paul 33. When was St. Leo II pope? 682-683 655-657 676-678 686-687Correct Answer: 682-683 34. Who delayed the confirmation of St. Leo II’s election as pope? Constance II Justin I Constantine IV MaximilianCorrect Answer: Constantine IV 35. What long was the gap between St. Leo II’s election and consecration? 2 years and 9 months 10 months 19 weeks 1 year and 7 monthsCorrect Answer: 1 year and 7 months 36. When was ... Read more

41. Where was Boniface V born? Naples Tripoli Benghazi FlorenceCorrect Answer: Naples 42. What was Boniface V’s father’s name? Philip Thomas John LevyCorrect Answer: John 43. When was Boniface V pope? 619-625 608-615 640-642 556-561Correct Answer: 619-625 44. When was Boniface V consecrated pope? 11 January 640 7 April 608 12 July 556 23 December 619Correct Answer: 23 December 619 45. Who marched towards Rome and wanted to be crowned emperor by Boniface V? Attila Eleutherius Alaric SpartacusCorrect Answer: Eleutherius 46. Whom did Boniface V prevent from translating relics? Acolytes Deacons Priests BishopsCorrect Answer: Acolytes 47. On which archbishop of ... Read more

51. What was St. Deusdedit’s father’s name? Stephen Lawrence Philemon OnesimusCorrect Answer: Stephen 52. What was St. Deusdedit at the time of his election? Porter Lector Priest AcolyteCorrect Answer: Priest 53. When was St. Deusdedit pope? 604-606 615-618 575-579 642-649Correct Answer: 615-618 54. When was St. Deusdedit consecrated pope? 19 January 642 9 April 604 11 August 575 19 October 615Correct Answer: 19 October 615 55. Which clergy did St. Deusdedit favour? Benedictine Carthusian Diocesan AugustinianCorrect Answer: Diocesan 56. Who was the Byzantine emperor during the papacy of St. Deusdedit? Leo VI Heraclius Constantine IV TheophilusCorrect Answer: Heraclius 57. When ... Read more

61. What was Boniface III’s father’s name? Alexius Angelus John Cataadioce Andronicus Commenus Stefan NemanjaCorrect Answer: John Cataadioce 62. Who sent Boniface III in 603 as a legate to Constantinople? St. Gregory I Pelagius II John III St. Felix IVCorrect Answer: St. Gregory I 63. From whom did Boniface III obtain an edict recognizing the diocese of Rome as head of all churches? Maurice Tiberius II Phocas Constantine IVCorrect Answer: Phocas 64. When was Boniface III pope? 640 607 336 708Correct Answer: 607 65. Who preceded Boniface III? Severinus Donus Sabinian Theodore IICorrect Answer: Sabinian 66. When was Boniface III ... Read more

71. Which pope was great-great grandfather of Gregory I? Donus Vitalian Felix III SabiniusCorrect Answer: Felix III 72. When was Gregory I pope? 480-520 622-632 570-584 590-604Correct Answer: 590-604 73. Which title to the patriarch of Constantinople did Gregory I object to? Catholicos Primate Tetrarch Ecumenical patriarchCorrect Answer: Ecumenical patriarch 74. What did Gregory I call himself? Monarch of all that he surveys Servant of the servants of God High King Apostolic KingCorrect Answer: Servant of the servants of God 75. Whom did Gregory I send to evangelise England? St. Augustine of Canterbury St. Dunstan of Canterbury St. Theodore of ... Read more

80. What was Benedict I’s father’s name? Robert Boniface Malcolm EdwardCorrect Answer: Boniface 81. What did the Greeks call Benedict I? Formosus Apollo Jupiter BonosusCorrect Answer: Bonosus 82. Where was Benedict I born? Rome Minturo Perugia VeniceCorrect Answer: Rome 83. When was Benedict I pope? 536-537 575-579 556-561 608-615Correct Answer: 575-579 84. Who preceded Benedict I? Severinus Martin I John III Theodore ICorrect Answer: John III 85. When was Benedict I consecrated pope? 2 June 575 25 March 608 18 August 556 21 October 536Correct Answer: 2 June 575 86. What did Benedict I grant to Abbot Stephen of St. ... Read more

90. What was John III’s father’s name? Anastasius Benedict Christopher DionysiusCorrect Answer: Anastasius 91. What was John III’s surname? Sulla Licinius Catelinus MariusCorrect Answer: Catelinus 92. Where was John III born? Lausanne Rome Geneva PerugiaCorrect Answer: Rome 93. When was John III pope? 537-555 642-649 561-574 619-625Correct Answer: 561-574 94. Who preceded John III? Severinus St. Eugene I Boniface V Pelagius ICorrect Answer: Pelagius I 95. When was John III consecrated pope? 11 January 642 28 April 619 17 July 561 21 October 537Correct Answer: 17 July 561 96. Whom did John III persuade to defend Rome against the Lombards? ... Read more