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1. Where was St. Zephyrinus born? Dover Amiens Nantes RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 2. What was St. Zephyrinus’ father’s name? Quintus Habundius Albino GiovanniCorrect Answer: Habundius 3. When was St. Zephyrinus pope? 199-217 260-268 492-496 337-352Correct Answer: 199-217 4. Who preceded St. Zephyrinus? Vigilius Sabinian St. Victor I Boniface IIICorrect Answer: St. Victor I 5. 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 6. Whom did St. Zephyrinus excommunicate for preaching Monarchianism? Marcion Donatus Artemon NestoriusCorrect Answer: Artemon 7. When did St. Zephyrinus ... Read more

11. What was St. Victor I’s father’s name? Albert George Felix HenryCorrect Answer: Felix 12. When was St. Victor I pope? 217-236 189-199 533-535 604-606Correct Answer: 189-199 13. Whom did St. Victor I excommunicate for preaching Monarchianism? John Hus Duns Scotus Theodotus NovatianCorrect Answer: Theodotus 14. What was the dispute St. Victor I had with Eastern Churches that led to their excommunication? Easter Date Filioque Monophysitism MiaphysitismCorrect Answer: Easter Date 15. Who was the bishop of Ephesus when St. Victor I excommunicated Eastern Churches? Jamblichus Malchus Polycrates NestoriusCorrect Answer: Polycrates 16. Who of the following was against the excommunication of ... Read more

21. Where was St. Eleutherius born? Nicopolis Alexandria Smyrna HebronCorrect Answer: Nicopolis 22. When was St. Eleutherius pope? 269-274 311-314 175-189 432-440Correct Answer: 175-189 23. Who preceded St. Eleutherius? Liberius St. Hilarius St. Soter Theodore ICorrect Answer: St. Soter 24. What was St. Eleutherius at the time of his election? Deacon Lector Porter AcolyteCorrect Answer: Deacon 25. Which movement did St. Eleutherius oppose? Pelagianism Donatism Montanism CalvinismCorrect Answer: Montanism 26. 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 27. When did ... Read more

31. Where was St. Soter born? Santiago Fondi Lisbon ValenciaCorrect Answer: Fondi 32. What was St. Soter’s father’s name? Concordius Silvanus Rufus NicodemusCorrect Answer: Concordius 33. When was St. Soter pope? 253-254 417-418 166-175 530-532Correct Answer: 166-175 34. Who preceded St. Soter? St. John III St. Anicetus St. Mark St. Boniface IICorrect Answer: St. Anicetus 35. To which church did St. Soter send a letter and money? Thessalonica Galatia Ephesus CorinthCorrect Answer: Corinth 36. Who replied to St. Soter acknowledging the letter and money? St. Silas St. Dionysius Henry Stuart St. Martin of ToursCorrect Answer: St. Dionysius 37. Which of ... Read more

41. Where was St. Anicetus born? Emesa Shiraz Hebron BratislavaCorrect Answer: Emesa 42. What was St. Anicetus’ father’s name? Peter James John MatthewCorrect Answer: John 43. When was St. Anicetus pope? 217-222 308-309 401-417 155-166Correct Answer: 155-166 44. Who preceded St. Anicetus? Clement VII Bl. Urban V St. Pius I Nicholas IVCorrect Answer: St. Pius I 45. Who of the following historians visited Rome during the papacy of St. Anicetus? Josephus Hegesippus Pliny the Younger HerodotusCorrect Answer: Hegesippus 46. Who visited Rome to discuss with St. Anicetus the controversy over Easter date? St. Titus St. Ambrose St. Timothy St. PolycarpCorrect ... Read more

51. Where was St. Pius I born? Grado Venice Aquileia LisbonCorrect Answer: Aquileia 52. What was St. Pius I’s father’s name? Rufinus Julius Octavius CassiusCorrect Answer: Rufinus 53. What was St. Pius I, according to his brother Hermas? Farmer Slave Cowherd BlacksmithCorrect Answer: Slave 54. When was St. Pius I pope? 142-155 640-642 579-590 492-496Correct Answer: 142-155 55. Who preceded St. Pius I? Sisinius Liberius John IV St. Leo IICorrect Answer: John IV 56. Whom did St. Pius I excommunicate? William of Ockham Thomas Erastus Marcion TertullianCorrect Answer: Marcion 57. Who of the following met St. Pius I? St. Lawrence ... Read more

61. Where was St. Hyginus born? Athens Skopje Rotterdam VeronaCorrect Answer: Athens 62. When was St. Hyginus pope? 604-606 136-140 496-498 269-274Correct Answer: 136-140 63. Who preceded St. Hyginus? Romanus Pelagius II St. Telesphorus St. MarcusCorrect Answer: St. Telesphorus 64. Which of the following is said to have been instituted by St. Hyginus? Godparents at baptism to newly born Swiss Guards Feast of the Holy Trinity Holy Cross DayCorrect Answer: Godparents at baptism to newly born 65. Which Gnostic came to Rome during the papacy of St. Hyginus? Simon Magus Menander Valentinus BasilidesCorrect Answer: Valentinus 66. Which book credits St. ... Read more

71. Where was St. Telesphorus born? Brindisi Terranuova Padua ValenceCorrect Answer: Terranuova 72. When was St. Telesphorus pope? 222-230 468-483 125-136 352-366Correct Answer: 125-136 73. Who preceded St. Telesphorus? Conon St. Sixtus I Donus SisiniusCorrect Answer: St. Sixtus I 74. Which city was destroyed by the Romans during the papacy of St. Telesphorus? Carthage Jerusalem Troy ParisCorrect Answer: Carthage 75. Which book credits St. Telesphorus with starting the tradition of Christmas Midnight Mass? Automonies ecclesiastiques Liber Pontificalis Depositio Martyrum Liber JudiciorumCorrect Answer: Liber Pontificalis 76. Who persecuted Christians during the papacy of St. Telesphorus? Nero Valerian Diocletian HadrianCorrect Answer: Hadrian ... Read more

81. Where was St. Sixtus I born? Verona Lausanne Rome Rocca SeccaCorrect Answer: Rome 82. What was St. Sixtus I’s father’s name? Jude Pastor Gaius CorneliusCorrect Answer: Pastor 83. When was St. Sixtus I pope? 619-625 705-707 496-498 115-125Correct Answer: 115-125 84. Who preceded St. Sixtus I? St. Alexander I St. Pontian St. Anterus St. Urban ICorrect Answer: St. Alexander I 85. Which hymn did St. Sixtus I order priests to sing with people during mass? Entrance hymn Sanctus Communion hymn BenedictusCorrect Answer: Sanctus 86. What did St. Sixtus I order to be touched only by priests during mass? Missal ... Read more

91. Where was St. Alexander I born? Luxor Damascus Amman RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 92. What was St. Alexander I’s father’s name? Philip Odysseus Alexander TelemachusCorrect Answer: Alexander 93. When was St. Alexander I pope? 105-115 222-230 311-314 418-422Correct Answer: 105-115 94. Which of the following is said to have been introduced by St. Alexander I? Scapular Rosary Holy water Holy YearCorrect Answer: Holy water 95. Who was the Roman emperor during the papacy of St. Alexander? Trajan Domitian Carcacalla LiciniusCorrect Answer: Trajan 96. Who is said to be the jailer converted by St. Alexander I? St. Sebastian St. Quirinius John ... Read more