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(Urban IV is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 1. Where was Jacques Pantaleon born? Florence Genoa Troyes NantesCorrect Answer: Troyes 2. Where was Jacques Pantaleon professor of canon law? Amsterdam Paris Zurich PragueCorrect Answer: Paris 3. Where did Jacques Pantaleon go on a mission in 1247? Estonia Bulgaria Turkey GermanyCorrect Answer: Germany 4. Of which diocese was Jacques Pantaleon bishop? Verdun Grenoble Auxerre ToursCorrect Answer: Verdun 5. Of which patriarchate was Jacques Pantaleon patriarch? Lisbon Venice Constantinople JerusalemCorrect Answer: Jerusalem 6. When was Urban IV elected pope? 31 January 1268 29 August 1261 ... Read more

11. When was St. Martin de Porres born? 8 February 1583 14 April 1586 22 September 1577 9 December 1579Correct Answer: 9 December 1579 12. Where was St. Martin de Porres born? Quito Sao Paolo Caracas LimaCorrect Answer: Lima 13. Which order did Martin de Porres join? Augustinian Capuchin Dominican BenedictineCorrect Answer: Dominican 14. When did St. Martin de Porres become a lay brother? 1624 1610 1617 1639Correct Answer: 1610 15. When did St. Martin de Porres die? 5 March 1644 6 May 1642 24 August 1637 3 November 1639Correct Answer: 3 November 1639 16. Where did St. Martin de ... Read more

21. When was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini born? 10 January 1843 30 April 1846 15 July 1850 5 November 1860Correct Answer: 15 July 1850 22. Where was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini born? Buenos Aires Sant’ Angelo Lodigiano Madrid Rio de JaneiroCorrect Answer: Sant’ Angelo Lodigiano 23. What was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini’s original name? Maria Francesca Cabrini Agatha Pagani Rosa Cavadini Sophia OrlandiCorrect Answer: Maria Francesca Cabrini 24. Where was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini superior of an orphanage? Paris Codogno Berne ViennaCorrect Answer: Codogno 25. When did St. Frances Xavier Cabrini found Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart? 1876 1885 ... Read more

31. Where was St. John Fisher born? Beverly Lambeth Plymouth EdinburghCorrect Answer: Beverly 32. 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 33. Of which university was St. John Fisher chancellor? Oxford Cambridge Manchester LiverpoolCorrect Answer: Cambridge 34. Of which diocese St. John Fisher bishop? Aberdeen Bristol Harrow RochesterCorrect Answer: Rochester 35. 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.) 41. Where was Gui Foulques born? Saint-Gilles Venice Fano BerneCorrect Answer: Saint-Gilles 42. 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 43. Of which diocese was Gui Foulques bishop? Albany Pistoia Le Puy UlmCorrect Answer: Le Puy 44. Of which archdiocese was Gui Foulques archbishop? Milan Narbonne Florence ParisCorrect Answer: Narbonne 45. 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.) 51. Where was Cencio Savelli born? Rome Milan Venice ParisCorrect Answer: Rome 52. Who created Cencio Savelli cardinal? Urban II Sixtus I Innocent III Gregory IXCorrect Answer: Innocent III 53. When did Cencio Savelli become papal chamberlain? 1176 1188 1180 1184Correct Answer: 1188 54. When was Honorius III elected pope? 1 March 1245 3 June 1212 18 July 1216 3 December 1220Correct Answer: 18 July 1216 55. 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.) 61. Where was Paolo Scolari born? Verona Anjou Springfield RomeCorrect Answer: Rome 62. 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 63. Of which diocese was Paolo Scolari bishop? Ostia Palestrina Sabina AlbanoCorrect Answer: Palestrina 64. When was Clement III elected pope? 7 January 1185 4 June 1182 1 September 1176 19 December 1187Correct Answer: 19 December 1187 65. 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.) 71. Where was Alberto De Morra born? Benevento Marlborough Copenhagen AmiensCorrect Answer: Benevento 72. To which order did Alberto De Morra belong? Carthusian Dominican Benedictine CistercianCorrect Answer: Cistercian 73. Who created Alberto De Morra cardinal? Urban II Adrian IV Innocent III Gregory IXCorrect Answer: Adrian IV 74. 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 75. 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.) 81. Where was Umberto Crivelli born? Valetta Milan Nicosia WarsawCorrect Answer: Milan 82. Who created Umberto Crivelli cardinal? Urban II Sixtus I Lucius III Gregory IXCorrect Answer: Lucius III 83. Of which archdiocese was Umberto Crivelli archbishop? Barcelona York Paris MilanCorrect Answer: Milan 84. When was Urban III elected pope? 25 March 1188 9 June 1187 2 September 1186 25 November 1185Correct Answer: 25 November 1185 85. Whom did Urban III excommunicate for crowing Henry VI king of Italy? Catholicos of Armenia Primate of Poland ... Read more

(Alexander III is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 91. Where was Rolando Bandinelli born? Chichester Ulm Siena MantuaCorrect Answer: Siena 92. Where was Rolando Bandinelli professor of law? Bologna Paris Barcelona LisbonCorrect Answer: Bologna 93. Where did Rolando Bandinelli refer to the Holy Roman Empire as a benefice of the papacy? Dublin Beanscon Tripoli RabatCorrect Answer: Beanscon 94. Who was the Holy Roman Emperor during the papacy of Alexander III? Charles V Frederick Barbarossa George VI Louis XVIIICorrect Answer: Frederick Barbarossa 95. What name was taken by Cardinal Octavius, the antipope elected by ... Read more