Category: Popes

Urban VIII Quiz

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

Gregory XIV Quiz

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

Pius III Quiz

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

Alexander VII Quiz

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

Gregory XV Quiz

1. When was Alessandro Ludovici born? a) 1 May 1563 b) 9 January 1554 c) 12 June 1552 d) 7 November 1546 2. Where was Alessandro Ludovici born? a) Mantua b) Bologna c) Avignon d) Lausanne 3. From which university did Alessandro Ludovici graduate in civil and canon law? a) University of Bologna b) University of Pisa c) University of Padua d) St. Thomas University

Nicholas III Quiz

1. Where was Giovanni Gaetano Orsini born? a) Mantua b) Bologna c) Avignon d) Rome 2. When was Giovanni Gaetano Orsini created cardinal? a) 7 March 1241 b) 28 May 1244 c) 9 September 1236 d) 18 October 1234 3. Who created Giovanni Gaetano Orsini cardinal? a) Leo IX b) Sixtus V c) Innocent IV d) Adrian V

Clement X Quiz

1. Where was Emilio Altieri born? a) Milan b) Berne c) Rome d) Geneva 2. Of which diocese was Emilio Altieri bishop? a) Madrid b) Cameroni c) Barcelona d) Amsterdam 3. Where was Emilio Altieri auditor? a) Sweden b) Norway c) Finland d) Poland

Julius III Quiz

1. When was Giammaria Ciocchi del Monte born? a) 26 January 1486 b) 22 April 1482 c) 10 September 1487 d) 31 October 1485 2. Where was Giammaria Ciocchi del Monte born? a) Verona b) Rome c) Fena d) Carpriglio 3. Of which archdiocese was Giammaria Ciocchi del Monte archbishop? a) Milan b) Florence c) Manfredonia d) Caracas

Pius X Quiz

(Pius X is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 1) When was Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto born? a) 19 August 1840 b) 14 May 1836 c) 2 June 1835 d) 22 February 1838 2) Where was Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto born? a) Riese b) Desio c) Fribourg d) Etna 3) When was Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto ordained a priest? a) 31 May 1857 b) 18 September 1858 c) 7 April 1856 d) 30 June 1855