Category: Saints

1) What is Pauline Year? a) Birth Centenary of Paul IV. b) Death Centenary of Paul V. c) Birth Centenary of Paul VI. d) A year dedicated to St. Paul, in preparation for the 2,000th anniversary of his birth. 2) Who announced Pauline Year on 28 June 2007? a) Benedict XVI b) John Paul II c) Paul VI d) John XXIII 3) When is Pauline Year? a) From 25 December 2007 to 24 December 2008 b) From 29 June 2008, to 29 June 2009 c) From 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008 d) From 25 March 2008 to 24 ... Read more

1) Where was St. Catherine of Siena born? a) Naples b) Brindisi c) Siena d) Zurich 2) What did St. Catherine of Siena become? a) Dominican Tertiary b) Franciscan Tertiary c) Capuchin Tertiary d) Norbertine Tertiary 3) Who of the following was St. Catherine of Siena’s confessor? a) Padre Pio b) Raymnd de Capua c) St. John Vianney d) St. Albert the Great

1) Where was St. Augustine born? a) Carthage b) Milan c) Rome d) Thagaste 2) Which religion was followed by St. Augustine for some years? a) Buddhism b) Islam c) Manichaean d) Tunis 3) St. Augustine had a son from a concubine. What is his name? a) Adeodatus b) Herodotus c) Theodotus d) Honoratus

1) When was St. Thomas More born? a) 1 January 1470 b) 7 February 1478 c) 3 March 1576 d) 10 May 1673 2) Where was St. Thomas More born? a) Cardiff b) Berlin c) Jerusalem d) London 3) Which school did St. Thomas More attend? a) St. Anthony’s School b) St. Paul’s School c) St. Peter’s School d) St. Albert’s School

1. Where did St. Raymond of Penafort study canon law? a) Cahors b) Naples c) Genoa d) Bologna 2. When did St. Raymond of Penafort teach canon law at Bologna? a) 1198-1202 b) 1218-1221 c) 1204-1206 d) 1207-1212 3. Which order did St. Raymond of Penafort join? a) Augustinian b) Jesuit c) Dominican d) Benedictine

(St. Ferdinand is also known as St. Ferdinand III of Castille. Some sources mention 1198 as the year of his birth.) 1. When was St. Ferdinand born? 8 February 1194 4 April 1188 5 August 1199 24 December 1184Correct Answer: 5 August 1199 2. Where was St. Ferdinand born? Valencia Barcelona Madrid ZamoraCorrect Answer: Zamora 3. How old was St. Ferdinand when he became King of Castille? 18 years 22 years 20 years 24 yearsCorrect Answer: 18 years 4. When did St. Ferdinand conquer Cordoba? 1244 1232 1236 1248Correct Answer: 1236 5. When did St. Ferdinand die? 11 January 1261 ... Read more

11. What was St. Clement I’s father’s name? Faustinus Horatio Samuel EdmundCorrect Answer: Faustinus 12. Who, according to Tertullian, consecrated St. Clement I? St. Paul St. Peter St. Barnabas St. MarkCorrect Answer: St. Peter 13. When was St. Clement I pope? 189-197 308-309 88-97 311-314Correct Answer: 88-97 14. Who of the following identified St. Clement I as St. Paul’s fellow labourer (Phi 4/3)? Josephus Herodotus Polybius OrigenCorrect Answer: Origen 15. Who of the following lists St. Clement I as a contemporary of the Apostles? St. Luke St. Irenaeus St. Silas St. PhilemonCorrect Answer: St. Irenaeus 16. Where did St. Clement ... Read more

21. What was St. Peter’s profession? Fisherman Tax collector Shepherd FarmerCorrect Answer: Fisherman 22. Where did Jesus cure St. Peter’s mother-in-law? Bethlehem Capernaum Jericho NazarethCorrect Answer: Capernaum 23. To whom did St. Peter say “Just outside that door are the young men who buried your husband, and they will carry you too.”? Esther Judith Rahab SapphiraCorrect Answer: Sapphira 24. Whom did St. Peter cure at Joppa? Priscilla Agnes Cecilia TabithaCorrect Answer: Tabitha 25. Who was the first Gentile converted by St. Peter? Pilate Claudius Cornelius TiberiusCorrect Answer: Cornelius 26. Who rebuked St. Peter for avoiding eating with Gentile converts? St. ... Read more

1. What was St. Callixtus I’s father’s name? a) Licinius b) Cornelius c) Domitius d) Maximus 2. Who was St. Callixtus I’s master when he was a slave? a) Commodus b) Corporphorus c) Pertinax d) Trajan 3. Which book is a biography of St. Callixtus I? a) Philosophumena b) Hexapla c) De Principiis d) Contra Celsum