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(Alexander IV is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 1. Where was Rinaldo Conti born? Anagni Paris Barcelona LisbonCorrect Answer: Anagni 2. Which pope was Rinaldo Conti’s uncle? Callixtus III Sixtus V Gregory IX Benedict XVCorrect Answer: Gregory IX 3. When was Rinaldo Conti camerlengo? 1195-1201 1204-1214 1216-1218 1227-1231Correct Answer: 1227-1231 4. Of which diocese was Rinaldo Conti bishop? Mantua Padua Ostia ViennaCorrect Answer: Ostia 5. When was Alexander IV elected pope? 14 March 1260 3 June 1259 19 August 1256 12 December 1254Correct Answer: 12 December 1254 6. To which country did Alexander ... Read more

(Urban IV is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 11. Where was Jacques Pantaleon born? Florence Genoa Troyes NantesCorrect Answer: Troyes 12. Where was Jacques Pantaleon professor of canon law? Amsterdam Paris Zurich PragueCorrect Answer: Paris 13. Where did Jacques Pantaleon go on a mission in 1247? Estonia Bulgaria Turkey GermanyCorrect Answer: Germany 14. Of which diocese was Jacques Pantaleon bishop? Verdun Grenoble Auxerre ToursCorrect Answer: Verdun 15. Of which patriarchate was Jacques Pantaleon patriarch? Lisbon Venice Constantinople JerusalemCorrect Answer: Jerusalem 16. When was Urban IV elected pope? 31 January 1268 29 August 1261 ... Read more

21. When was St. Martin de Porres born? 8 February 1583 14 April 1586 22 September 1577 9 December 1579Correct Answer: 9 December 1579 22. Where was St. Martin de Porres born? Quito Sao Paolo Caracas LimaCorrect Answer: Lima 23. Which order did Martin de Porres join? Augustinian Capuchin Dominican BenedictineCorrect Answer: Dominican 24. When did St. Martin de Porres become a lay brother? 1624 1610 1617 1639Correct Answer: 1610 25. When did St. Martin de Porres die? 5 March 1644 6 May 1642 24 August 1637 3 November 1639Correct Answer: 3 November 1639 26. Where did St. Martin de ... Read more

31. When was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini born? 10 January 1843 30 April 1846 15 July 1850 5 November 1860Correct Answer: 15 July 1850 32. Where was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini born? Buenos Aires Sant’ Angelo Lodigiano Madrid Rio de JaneiroCorrect Answer: Sant’ Angelo Lodigiano 33. What was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini’s original name? Maria Francesca Cabrini Agatha Pagani Rosa Cavadini Sophia OrlandiCorrect Answer: Maria Francesca Cabrini 34. Where was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini superior of an orphanage? Paris Codogno Berne ViennaCorrect Answer: Codogno 35. When did St. Frances Xavier Cabrini found Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart? 1876 1885 ... Read more

41. Where was St. John Fisher born? Beverly Lambeth Plymouth EdinburghCorrect Answer: Beverly 42. Whom did St. John Fisher persuade to found Christ’s College and St. John’s College? Elizabeth of York Catherine of Aragon Margaret Beaufort Eleanor of AquitaineCorrect Answer: Margaret Beaufort 43. Of which university was St. John Fisher chancellor? Oxford Cambridge Manchester LiverpoolCorrect Answer: Cambridge 44. Of which diocese St. John Fisher bishop? Aberdeen Bristol Harrow RochesterCorrect Answer: Rochester 45. What was done to St. John Fisher when he refused to accept Henry VIII as the Head of the Church of England? Imprisoned Exiled Demoted WhippedCorrect Answer: Imprisoned ... Read more

(Clement IV is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 51. Where was Gui Foulques born? Saint-Gilles Venice Fano BerneCorrect Answer: Saint-Gilles 52. When Gui Foulques’ wife died how many children did she leave? Two sons Two daughters One son, one daughter Two sons, one daughterCorrect Answer: Two daughters 53. Of which diocese was Gui Foulques bishop? Albany Pistoia Le Puy UlmCorrect Answer: Le Puy 54. Of which archdiocese was Gui Foulques archbishop? Milan Narbonne Florence ParisCorrect Answer: Narbonne 55. When was Clement IV elected pope? 5 February 1265 4 April 1254 6 August 1258 ... Read more

(Honorius III is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 61. Where was Cencio Savelli born? Rome Milan Venice ParisCorrect Answer: Rome 62. Who created Cencio Savelli cardinal? Urban II Sixtus I Innocent III Gregory IXCorrect Answer: Innocent III 63. When did Cencio Savelli become papal chamberlain? 1176 1188 1180 1184Correct Answer: 1188 64. When was Honorius III elected pope? 1 March 1245 3 June 1212 18 July 1216 3 December 1220Correct Answer: 18 July 1216 65. When was Honorius III crowned pope? 31 August 1216 5 January 1221 11 April 1245 15 December 1220Correct ... Read more

(Clement III is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 71. Where was Paolo Scolari born? Verona Anjou Springfield RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 72. Of which basilica was Paolo Scolari archpriest? St. Peter’s St. John Lateran St. Paul outside the Walls St. Mary MajorCorrect Answer: St. Mary Major 73. Of which diocese was Paolo Scolari bishop? Ostia Palestrina Sabina AlbanoCorrect Answer: Palestrina 74. When was Clement III elected pope? 7 January 1185 4 June 1182 1 September 1176 19 December 1187Correct Answer: 19 December 1187 75. Where was Clement III elected pope? Viterbo Pisa Anagni LyonCorrect ... Read more

(Gregory VIII is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 81. Where was Alberto De Morra born? Benevento Marlborough Copenhagen AmiensCorrect Answer: Benevento 82. To which order did Alberto De Morra belong? Carthusian Dominican Benedictine CistercianCorrect Answer: Cistercian 83. Who created Alberto De Morra cardinal? Urban II Adrian IV Innocent III Gregory IXCorrect Answer: Adrian IV 84. Whom did Alberto De Morra crown king of Portugal on behalf of the pope? Alfonso II Richard III Leopold II Francis IICorrect Answer: Alfonso II 85. When was Gregory VIII elected pope? 31 January 1184 1 April 1182 ... Read more

(Urban III is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 91. Where was Umberto Crivelli born? Valetta Milan Nicosia WarsawCorrect Answer: Milan 92. Who created Umberto Crivelli cardinal? Urban II Sixtus I Lucius III Gregory IXCorrect Answer: Lucius III 93. Of which archdiocese was Umberto Crivelli archbishop? Barcelona York Paris MilanCorrect Answer: Milan 94. When was Urban III elected pope? 25 March 1188 9 June 1187 2 September 1186 25 November 1185Correct Answer: 25 November 1185 95. Whom did Urban III excommunicate for crowing Henry VI king of Italy? Catholicos of Armenia Primate of Poland ... Read more