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1. Where was St. Stephen I born? Naples Florence Trent RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 2. What was St. Stephen I at the time of his election? Porter Lector Priest AcolyteCorrect Answer: Priest 3. When was St. Stephen I pope? 314-335 401-417 254-257 514-523Correct Answer: 254-257 4. When was St. Stephen I consecrated pope? 11 January 314 12 May 254 8 July 401 1 October 514Correct Answer: 12 May 254 5. Who were the two Spanish bishops restored by St. Stephen I? Martial and Basilides Hosius and Diego Antoine and Pedro Pricillian and MelchiorCorrect Answer: Martial and Basilides 6. Who was denounced ... Read more

11. Where was St. Lucius I born? Florence Rome Barcelona ValenciaCorrect Answer: Rome 12. What was St. Lucius I’s father’s name? Porphyrianus Horatio Tertullian EusebiusCorrect Answer: Porphyrianus 13. When was St. Lucius I pope? 236-250 257-258 260-268 253-254Correct Answer: 253-254 14. When was St. Lucius I consecrated pope? 11 January 260 25 June 253 16 September 236 1 November 257Correct Answer: 25 June 253 15. Who exiled St. Lucius I? Gallus Vespasian Domitian TitusCorrect Answer: Gallus 16. Who allowed St. Lucius I to return to Rome? Marius Valerian Sulla CrassusCorrect Answer: Valerian 17. Which schism continued during the papacy of ... Read more

21. Where was St. Cornelius born? Rome Anagni Viterbo BeneventoCorrect Answer: Rome 22. What was St. Cornelius at the time of his election? Subdeacon Lector Priest AcolyteCorrect Answer: Priest 23. When was St. Cornelius pope? 251-253 235-236 308-309 418-422Correct Answer: 251-253 24. Who preceded St. Cornelius? Ananstasius II St. Fabian St. Siricius LiberiusCorrect Answer: St. Fabian 25. Who was the antipope opposed to St. Cornelius? Dioscorus Felix II Ursinus NovatianCorrect Answer: Novatian 26. Of which diocese was St. Cyprian, who supported St. Cornelius, bishop? Winchester Damascus Carthage AnagniCorrect Answer: Carthage 27. Who began the persecution of Christians during the papacy ... Read more

31. When was St. Fabian pope? 253-254 236-250 269-274 337-352Correct Answer: 236-250 32. Whom did St. Fabian appoint to register the deeds of the martyrs? Solicitors Notaries Pleaders AttorneysCorrect Answer: Notaries 33. In how many districts did St. Fabian divide Rome? Solicitors Notaries Pleaders SevenCorrect Answer: Seven 34. Whom did St. Fabian assign the districts in Rome? Catechists Senators Deacons TribunesCorrect Answer: Deacons 35. Who persecuted Christians during the papacy of St. Fabian? Balbinus Decius Hostilian GallusCorrect Answer: Decius 36. When did St. Fabian die? 20 January 250 26 May 254 12 July 274 17 November 352Correct Answer: 20 January ... Read more

41. Where was St. Anterus born? Lebanon Greece Syria ArmeniaCorrect Answer: Greece 42. What was St. Anterus’ father’s name? Romulus Claudius Benedict AmbroseCorrect Answer: Romulus 43. When was St. Anterus pope? 140-155 366-367 235-236 418-422Correct Answer: 235-236 44. When was St. Anterus elected pope? 12 March 418 31 May 366 7 July 140 21 November 235Correct Answer: 21 November 235 45. Which diocese’s bishop was consecrated by St. Anterus? Florence Fundi Benevento PaduaCorrect Answer: Fundi 46. When did St. Anterus die? 3 January 236 25 April 422 18 September 367 12 October 155Correct Answer: 3 January 236 47. Where did ... Read more

(St. Pontian is also known as St. Pontain.) 51. Where was St. Pontian born? Verona Salona Genoa RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 52. When was St. Pontian pope? 253-254 283-296 230-235 308-309Correct Answer: 230-235 53. Whose condemnation was confirmed by a synod summoned by St. Pontian? Origen Pelagius Nestorius DonatusCorrect Answer: Origen 54. Who was the antipope opposed to St. Pontian? Eulalius St. Hippolytus Laurentius TheodoreCorrect Answer: St. Hippolytus 55. Who began the persecution of Christians during the papacy of St. Pontian? Julian Galerius Maximinus LiciniusCorrect Answer: Maximinus 56. When did St. Pontian abdicate? 15 March 308 26 May 283 28 September ... Read more

61. What was St. Urban I’s father’s name? Horatio Scipio Pontianus CatoCorrect Answer: Pontianus 62. When was St. Urban I pope? 254-257 222-230 401-417 523-526Correct Answer: 222-230 63. Who preceded St. Urban I? St. Callixtus I St. Cornelius St. Siricius St. FabianCorrect Answer: St. Callixtus I 64. When was St. Urban I elected pope? 12 February 523 1 June 410 3 August 254 14 October 222Correct Answer: 14 October 222 65. Who was the Roman emperor during the papacy of St. Urban I? Pertinax Severus Alexander Maximinius JulianusCorrect Answer: Severus Alexander 66. Who was the antipope opposed to St. Urban ... Read more

71. Where was St. Zephyrinus born? Dover Amiens Nantes RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 72. What was St. Zephyrinus’ father’s name? Quintus Habundius Albino GiovanniCorrect Answer: Habundius 73. When was St. Zephyrinus pope? 199-217 260-268 492-496 337-352Correct Answer: 199-217 74. Who preceded St. Zephyrinus? Vigilius Sabinian St. Victor I Boniface IIICorrect Answer: St. Victor I 75. 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 76. Whom did St. Zephyrinus excommunicate for preaching Monarchianism? Marcion Donatus Artemon NestoriusCorrect Answer: Artemon 77. When did St. Zephyrinus ... Read more

81. What was St. Victor I’s father’s name? Albert George Felix HenryCorrect Answer: Felix 82. When was St. Victor I pope? 217-236 189-199 533-535 604-606Correct Answer: 189-199 83. Whom did St. Victor I excommunicate for preaching Monarchianism? John Hus Duns Scotus Theodotus NovatianCorrect Answer: Theodotus 84. What was the dispute St. Victor I had with Eastern Churches that led to their excommunication? Easter Date Filioque Monophysitism MiaphysitismCorrect Answer: Easter Date 85. Who was the bishop of Ephesus when St. Victor I excommunicated Eastern Churches? Jamblichus Malchus Polycrates NestoriusCorrect Answer: Polycrates 86. Who of the following was against the excommunication of ... Read more

91. Where was St. Eleutherius born? Nicopolis Alexandria Smyrna HebronCorrect Answer: Nicopolis 92. When was St. Eleutherius pope? 269-274 311-314 175-189 432-440Correct Answer: 175-189 93. Who preceded St. Eleutherius? Liberius St. Hilarius St. Soter Theodore ICorrect Answer: St. Soter 94. What was St. Eleutherius at the time of his election? Deacon Lector Porter AcolyteCorrect Answer: Deacon 95. Which movement did St. Eleutherius oppose? Pelagianism Donatism Montanism CalvinismCorrect Answer: Montanism 96. 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 97. When did ... Read more