Category: Popes

1) When was Giovanni Angelo Braschi born? a) 12 January 1720 b) 15 May 1719 c) 27 December 1717 d) 2 July 1718 2) Where was Giovanni Angelo Braschi born? a) Pegli b) Cesena c) Sotto il Monte d) Turin 3) Where did Giovanni Angelo Braschi study law? a) Florence b) Venice c) Ferrara d) Padua

1. When was Giovanni de Medici born? a) 29 February 1468 b) 1 April 1464 c) 27 August 1472 d) 11 December 1475 2. Where was Giovanni de Medici born? a) Hampshire b) Florence c) Kent d) Naples 3. How old was Giovanni de Medici when he received tonsure? a) Nineteen b) Eighteen c) Twelve d) Seven

1. When was Giuliano della Rovere born? a) 16 January 1428 b) 3 May 1444 c) 8 July 1434 d) 5 December 1443 2. Where was Giuliano della Rovere born? a) Albissola b) Viterbo c) Milan d) Sabina 3. When was Giuliano della Rovere created cardinal? a) 9 March 1476 b) 29 June 1475 c) 15 December 1471 d) 11 August 1468

1) When was Pius IX crowned pope? a) 7 September 1842 b) 31 August 1859 c) 17 May 1840 d) 21 June 1846 2) Which of the following acts was done by Pius IX on 16 July 1846? a) Granting amnesty to political exiles and prisoners b) Declaring Holy Year c) Calling Ecumenical Council d) Promulgating Code of Canon Law 3) Where did Pius IX flee on 24 November 1848? a) Berlin b) Gaeta c) Paris d) London

1. When was Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici born? a) 1 March 1532 b) 2 June 1535 c) 22 October 1530 d) 5 November 1528 2. Where was Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici born? a) Berlin b) Vienna c) Copenhagen d) Florence 3. Who knighted Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici? a) Prince of Wales b) Duke of Burgundy c) Grand Duke of Tuscany d) King of Scotland

(Boniface IX is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 1. Where was Pietro Tomacelli born? a) Naples b) Geneva c) Sulmona d) Verona 2. When was Pietro Tomacelli created cardinal? a) 17 March 1412 b) 9 May 1418 c) 23 September 1409 d) 21 December 1381 3. When was Boniface IX elected pope? a) 9 February 1406 b) 14 May 1426 c) 22 July 1415 d) 2 November 1389

1. When was Maffeo Barberini born? a) 5 April 1568 b) 9 March 1562 c) 11 July 1558 d) 4 December 1556 2. Where was Maffeo Barberini born? a) Florence b) Genoa c) Venice d) Lisbon 3. Where was Maffeo Barberini governor? a) Corsica b) Fano c) Helvetia d) Estonia 4. Of which titular archdiocese was Maffeo Barberini made archbishop? a) Bethlehem b) Nazareth c) New York d) Tarsus

1. When was Niccolo Sfondrati born? a) 11 February 1535 b) 6 May 1526 c) 25 August 1528 d) 23 October 1540 2. Where was Niccolo Sfondrati born? a) Valetta b) Tbilisi c) Somma d) Helsinki 3. Of which diocese was Niccolo Sfondrati bishop? a) Algiers b) Tripoli c) Rabat d) Cremona

1. When was Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini born? a) 19 March 1438 b) 29 May 1439 c) 4 August 1426 d) 6 December 1452 2. Where was Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini born? a) Berne b) Viterbo c) Milan d) Siena 3. Where did Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini study law? a) Mantua b) Berlin c) Perugia d) Padua

1. Where was Fabio Chigi born? a) L’Aquila b) Turin c) Sienna d) Guzman 2. From which university did Fabio Chigi get doctorates in law, philosophy and theology? a) Urban University b) University of Pisa c) University of Sienna d) St. Thomas University 3. Where was Fabio Chigi vice-legate? a) Tunisia b) Libya c) Sweden d) Ferrara