Category: Religion

1. What was St. Urban I’s father’s name? Horatio Scipio Pontianus CatoCorrect Answer: Pontianus 2. When was St. Urban I pope? 254-257 222-230 401-417 523-526Correct Answer: 222-230 3. Who preceded St. Urban I? St. Callixtus I St. Cornelius St. Siricius St. FabianCorrect Answer: St. Callixtus I 4. When was St. Urban I elected pope? 12 February 523 1 June 410 3 August 254 14 October 222Correct Answer: 14 October 222 5. Who was the Roman emperor during the papacy of St. Urban I? Pertinax Severus Alexander Maximinius JulianusCorrect Answer: Severus Alexander 6. Who was the antipope opposed to St. Urban ... Read more

11. Where was St. Zephyrinus born? Dover Amiens Nantes RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 12. What was St. Zephyrinus’ father’s name? Quintus Habundius Albino GiovanniCorrect Answer: Habundius 13. When was St. Zephyrinus pope? 199-217 260-268 492-496 337-352Correct Answer: 199-217 14. Who preceded St. Zephyrinus? Vigilius Sabinian St. Victor I Boniface IIICorrect Answer: St. Victor I 15. 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 16. Whom did St. Zephyrinus excommunicate for preaching Monarchianism? Marcion Donatus Artemon NestoriusCorrect Answer: Artemon 17. When did St. Zephyrinus ... Read more

21. What was St. Victor I’s father’s name? Albert George Felix HenryCorrect Answer: Felix 22. When was St. Victor I pope? 217-236 189-199 533-535 604-606Correct Answer: 189-199 23. Whom did St. Victor I excommunicate for preaching Monarchianism? John Hus Duns Scotus Theodotus NovatianCorrect Answer: Theodotus 24. What was the dispute St. Victor I had with Eastern Churches that led to their excommunication? Easter Date Filioque Monophysitism MiaphysitismCorrect Answer: Easter Date 25. Who was the bishop of Ephesus when St. Victor I excommunicated Eastern Churches? Jamblichus Malchus Polycrates NestoriusCorrect Answer: Polycrates 26. Who of the following was against the excommunication of ... Read more

31. Where was St. Eleutherius born? Nicopolis Alexandria Smyrna HebronCorrect Answer: Nicopolis 32. When was St. Eleutherius pope? 269-274 311-314 175-189 432-440Correct Answer: 175-189 33. Who preceded St. Eleutherius? Liberius St. Hilarius St. Soter Theodore ICorrect Answer: St. Soter 34. What was St. Eleutherius at the time of his election? Deacon Lector Porter AcolyteCorrect Answer: Deacon 35. Which movement did St. Eleutherius oppose? Pelagianism Donatism Montanism CalvinismCorrect Answer: Montanism 36. 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 37. When did ... Read more

41. Where was St. Soter born? Santiago Fondi Lisbon ValenciaCorrect Answer: Fondi 42. What was St. Soter’s father’s name? Concordius Silvanus Rufus NicodemusCorrect Answer: Concordius 43. When was St. Soter pope? 253-254 417-418 166-175 530-532Correct Answer: 166-175 44. Who preceded St. Soter? St. John III St. Anicetus St. Mark St. Boniface IICorrect Answer: St. Anicetus 45. To which church did St. Soter send a letter and money? Thessalonica Galatia Ephesus CorinthCorrect Answer: Corinth 46. Who replied to St. Soter acknowledging the letter and money? St. Silas St. Dionysius Henry Stuart St. Martin of ToursCorrect Answer: St. Dionysius 47. Which of ... Read more

51. Where was St. Anicetus born? Emesa Shiraz Hebron BratislavaCorrect Answer: Emesa 52. What was St. Anicetus’ father’s name? Peter James John MatthewCorrect Answer: John 53. When was St. Anicetus pope? 217-222 308-309 401-417 155-166Correct Answer: 155-166 54. Who preceded St. Anicetus? Clement VII Bl. Urban V St. Pius I Nicholas IVCorrect Answer: St. Pius I 55. Who of the following historians visited Rome during the papacy of St. Anicetus? Josephus Hegesippus Pliny the Younger HerodotusCorrect Answer: Hegesippus 56. Who visited Rome to discuss with St. Anicetus the controversy over Easter date? St. Titus St. Ambrose St. Timothy St. PolycarpCorrect ... Read more

61. Where was St. Pius I born? Grado Venice Aquileia LisbonCorrect Answer: Aquileia 62. What was St. Pius I’s father’s name? Rufinus Julius Octavius CassiusCorrect Answer: Rufinus 63. What was St. Pius I, according to his brother Hermas? Farmer Slave Cowherd BlacksmithCorrect Answer: Slave 64. When was St. Pius I pope? 142-155 640-642 579-590 492-496Correct Answer: 142-155 65. Who preceded St. Pius I? Sisinius Liberius John IV St. Leo IICorrect Answer: John IV 66. Whom did St. Pius I excommunicate? William of Ockham Thomas Erastus Marcion TertullianCorrect Answer: Marcion 67. Who of the following met St. Pius I? St. Lawrence ... Read more

71. Where was St. Hyginus born? Athens Skopje Rotterdam VeronaCorrect Answer: Athens 72. When was St. Hyginus pope? 604-606 136-140 496-498 269-274Correct Answer: 136-140 73. Who preceded St. Hyginus? Romanus Pelagius II St. Telesphorus St. MarcusCorrect Answer: St. Telesphorus 74. 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 75. Which Gnostic came to Rome during the papacy of St. Hyginus? Simon Magus Menander Valentinus BasilidesCorrect Answer: Valentinus 76. Which book credits St. ... Read more

81. Where was St. Telesphorus born? Brindisi Terranuova Padua ValenceCorrect Answer: Terranuova 82. When was St. Telesphorus pope? 222-230 468-483 125-136 352-366Correct Answer: 125-136 83. Who preceded St. Telesphorus? Conon St. Sixtus I Donus SisiniusCorrect Answer: St. Sixtus I 84. Which city was destroyed by the Romans during the papacy of St. Telesphorus? Carthage Jerusalem Troy ParisCorrect Answer: Carthage 85. Which book credits St. Telesphorus with starting the tradition of Christmas Midnight Mass? Automonies ecclesiastiques Liber Pontificalis Depositio Martyrum Liber JudiciorumCorrect Answer: Liber Pontificalis 86. Who persecuted Christians during the papacy of St. Telesphorus? Nero Valerian Diocletian HadrianCorrect Answer: Hadrian ... Read more

91. Where was St. Sixtus I born? Verona Lausanne Rome Rocca SeccaCorrect Answer: Rome 92. What was St. Sixtus I’s father’s name? Jude Pastor Gaius CorneliusCorrect Answer: Pastor 93. When was St. Sixtus I pope? 619-625 705-707 496-498 115-125Correct Answer: 115-125 94. Who preceded St. Sixtus I? St. Alexander I St. Pontian St. Anterus St. Urban ICorrect Answer: St. Alexander I 95. Which hymn did St. Sixtus I order priests to sing with people during mass? Entrance hymn Sanctus Communion hymn BenedictusCorrect Answer: Sanctus 96. What did St. Sixtus I order to be touched only by priests during mass? Missal ... Read more