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(Innocent IV is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 1. Where was Sinibaldo Fieschi born? Genoa Lausanne Berne FribourgCorrect Answer: Genoa 2. Which subject did Sinibaldo Fieschi master? Sociology Physics Canon Law ZoologyCorrect Answer: Canon Law 3. Of which diocese was Sinibaldo Fieschi bishop? Albenga Pisa Padua SienaCorrect Answer: Albenga 4. Who created Sinibaldo Fieschi cardinal? Urban II Sixtus I Innocent III Gregory IXCorrect Answer: Gregory IX 5. When was Innocent IV elected pope? 7 March 1235 25 June 1243 14 July 1236 24 November 1240Correct Answer: 25 June 1243 6. Where did the ... Read more

(Alexander IV is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 11. Where was Rinaldo Conti born? Anagni Paris Barcelona LisbonCorrect Answer: Anagni 12. Which pope was Rinaldo Conti’s uncle? Callixtus III Sixtus V Gregory IX Benedict XVCorrect Answer: Gregory IX 13. When was Rinaldo Conti camerlengo? 1195-1201 1204-1214 1216-1218 1227-1231Correct Answer: 1227-1231 14. Of which diocese was Rinaldo Conti bishop? Mantua Padua Ostia ViennaCorrect Answer: Ostia 15. When was Alexander IV elected pope? 14 March 1260 3 June 1259 19 August 1256 12 December 1254Correct Answer: 12 December 1254 16. To which country did Alexander ... Read more

(Urban IV is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 21. Where was Jacques Pantaleon born? Florence Genoa Troyes NantesCorrect Answer: Troyes 22. Where was Jacques Pantaleon professor of canon law? Amsterdam Paris Zurich PragueCorrect Answer: Paris 23. Where did Jacques Pantaleon go on a mission in 1247? Estonia Bulgaria Turkey GermanyCorrect Answer: Germany 24. Of which diocese was Jacques Pantaleon bishop? Verdun Grenoble Auxerre ToursCorrect Answer: Verdun 25. Of which patriarchate was Jacques Pantaleon patriarch? Lisbon Venice Constantinople JerusalemCorrect Answer: Jerusalem 26. When was Urban IV elected pope? 31 January 1268 29 August 1261 ... Read more

31. When was St. Martin de Porres born? 8 February 1583 14 April 1586 22 September 1577 9 December 1579Correct Answer: 9 December 1579 32. Where was St. Martin de Porres born? Quito Sao Paolo Caracas LimaCorrect Answer: Lima 33. Which order did Martin de Porres join? Augustinian Capuchin Dominican BenedictineCorrect Answer: Dominican 34. When did St. Martin de Porres become a lay brother? 1624 1610 1617 1639Correct Answer: 1610 35. When did St. Martin de Porres die? 5 March 1644 6 May 1642 24 August 1637 3 November 1639Correct Answer: 3 November 1639 36. Where did St. Martin de ... Read more

41. When was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini born? 10 January 1843 30 April 1846 15 July 1850 5 November 1860Correct Answer: 15 July 1850 42. Where was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini born? Buenos Aires Sant’ Angelo Lodigiano Madrid Rio de JaneiroCorrect Answer: Sant’ Angelo Lodigiano 43. What was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini’s original name? Maria Francesca Cabrini Agatha Pagani Rosa Cavadini Sophia OrlandiCorrect Answer: Maria Francesca Cabrini 44. Where was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini superior of an orphanage? Paris Codogno Berne ViennaCorrect Answer: Codogno 45. When did St. Frances Xavier Cabrini found Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart? 1876 1885 ... Read more

51. Where was St. John Fisher born? Beverly Lambeth Plymouth EdinburghCorrect Answer: Beverly 52. 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 53. Of which university was St. John Fisher chancellor? Oxford Cambridge Manchester LiverpoolCorrect Answer: Cambridge 54. Of which diocese St. John Fisher bishop? Aberdeen Bristol Harrow RochesterCorrect Answer: Rochester 55. 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.) 61. Where was Gui Foulques born? Saint-Gilles Venice Fano BerneCorrect Answer: Saint-Gilles 62. 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 63. Of which diocese was Gui Foulques bishop? Albany Pistoia Le Puy UlmCorrect Answer: Le Puy 64. Of which archdiocese was Gui Foulques archbishop? Milan Narbonne Florence ParisCorrect Answer: Narbonne 65. 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.) 71. Where was Cencio Savelli born? Rome Milan Venice ParisCorrect Answer: Rome 72. Who created Cencio Savelli cardinal? Urban II Sixtus I Innocent III Gregory IXCorrect Answer: Innocent III 73. When did Cencio Savelli become papal chamberlain? 1176 1188 1180 1184Correct Answer: 1188 74. When was Honorius III elected pope? 1 March 1245 3 June 1212 18 July 1216 3 December 1220Correct Answer: 18 July 1216 75. 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.) 81. Where was Paolo Scolari born? Verona Anjou Springfield RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 82. 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 83. Of which diocese was Paolo Scolari bishop? Ostia Palestrina Sabina AlbanoCorrect Answer: Palestrina 84. When was Clement III elected pope? 7 January 1185 4 June 1182 1 September 1176 19 December 1187Correct Answer: 19 December 1187 85. 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.) 91. Where was Alberto De Morra born? Benevento Marlborough Copenhagen AmiensCorrect Answer: Benevento 92. To which order did Alberto De Morra belong? Carthusian Dominican Benedictine CistercianCorrect Answer: Cistercian 93. Who created Alberto De Morra cardinal? Urban II Adrian IV Innocent III Gregory IXCorrect Answer: Adrian IV 94. 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 95. When was Gregory VIII elected pope? 31 January 1184 1 April 1182 ... Read more