Innocent XI Quiz
(Innocent XI is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.)
1. When was Benedetto Odescalchi born?
a) 3 January 1600
b) 16 May 1611
c) 1 July 1612
d) 4 December 1605
2. Where was Benedetto Odescalchi born?
a) Como
b) Gravina
c) Spinazzolo
d) Bologna
3. Where was Benedetto Odescalchi governor?
a) Romania
b) Perugia
c) Bohemia
d) Picena
4. Where was Benedetto Odescalchi administrator?
a) Slovakia
b) Bavaria
c) Denmark
d) Macerata
5. Where was Benedetto Odescalchi commissary?
a) Ancona
b) Dakota
c) Macao
d) Libya
6. When was Benedetto Odescalchi created cardinal?
a) 6 March 1645
b) 9 April 1642
c) 12 December 1648
d) 8 September 1651
7. Of which diocese was Benedetto Odescalchi bishop?
a) Padua
b) Mantua
c) Novara
d) Vienna
8. When was Innocent XI elected pope?
a) 16 March 1674
b) 17 June 1672
c) 21 September 1676
d) 7 November 1678
9. By which bull did Innocent XI condemn 65 propositions which favoured laxism in moral theology?
a) Inter Caetera
b) Ad Sacram
c) Sanctissimus Dominus
d) In Eminenti
10. When did Innocent XI die?
a) 12 February 1690
b) 23 June 1692
c) 12 August 1689
d) 4 October 1685
Innocent XI Quiz Answers
1. When was Benedetto Odescalchi born?
b) 16 May 1611
2. Where was Benedetto Odescalchi born?
a) Como
3. Where was Benedetto Odescalchi governor?
d) Picena
4. Where was Benedetto Odescalchi administrator?
d) Macerata
5. Where was Benedetto Odescalchi commissary?
a) Ancona
6. When was Benedetto Odescalchi created cardinal?
a) 6 March 1645
7. Of which diocese was Benedetto Odescalchi bishop?
c) Novara
8. When was Innocent XI elected pope?
c) 21 September 1676
9. By which bull did Innocent XI condemn 65 propositions which favoured laxism in moral theology?
c) Sanctissimus Dominus
10. When did Innocent XI die?
c) 12 August 1689