Tag: Popes

Gregory XIV Quiz

1. When was Niccolo Sfondrati born? a) 11 February 1535 b) 6 May 1526 c) 25 August 1528 d) 23 October 1540 2. Where was Niccolo Sfondrati born? a) Valetta b) Tbilisi c) Somma d) Helsinki 3. Of which diocese was Niccolo Sfondrati bishop? a) Algiers b) Tripoli c) Rabat d) Cremona

Pius III Quiz

1. When was Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini born? a) 19 March 1438 b) 29 May 1439 c) 4 August 1426 d) 6 December 1452 2. Where was Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini born? a) Berne b) Viterbo c) Milan d) Siena 3. Where did Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini study law? a) Mantua b) Berlin c) Perugia d) Padua

Alexander VII Quiz

1. Where was Fabio Chigi born? a) L’Aquila b) Turin c) Sienna d) Guzman 2. From which university did Fabio Chigi get doctorates in law, philosophy and theology? a) Urban University b) University of Pisa c) University of Sienna d) St. Thomas University 3. Where was Fabio Chigi vice-legate? a) Tunisia b) Libya c) Sweden d) Ferrara

Nicholas III Quiz

1. Where was Giovanni Gaetano Orsini born? a) Mantua b) Bologna c) Avignon d) Rome 2. When was Giovanni Gaetano Orsini created cardinal? a) 7 March 1241 b) 28 May 1244 c) 9 September 1236 d) 18 October 1234 3. Who created Giovanni Gaetano Orsini cardinal? a) Leo IX b) Sixtus V c) Innocent IV d) Adrian V

Clement X Quiz

1. Where was Emilio Altieri born? a) Milan b) Berne c) Rome d) Geneva 2. Of which diocese was Emilio Altieri bishop? a) Madrid b) Cameroni c) Barcelona d) Amsterdam 3. Where was Emilio Altieri auditor? a) Sweden b) Norway c) Finland d) Poland

Julius III Quiz

1. When was Giammaria Ciocchi del Monte born? a) 26 January 1486 b) 22 April 1482 c) 10 September 1487 d) 31 October 1485 2. Where was Giammaria Ciocchi del Monte born? a) Verona b) Rome c) Fena d) Carpriglio 3. Of which archdiocese was Giammaria Ciocchi del Monte archbishop? a) Milan b) Florence c) Manfredonia d) Caracas

Clement XII Quiz

1) When was Lorenzo Corsini born? a) 4 March 1650 b) 7 April 1652 c) 3 August 1648 d) 11 December 1642 2) Where was Lorenzo Corsini born? a) Florence b) Naples c) Parma d) Bologna 3) Which University did Lorenzo Corsini attend? a) La Sapienza b) St. Thomas c) Pisa d) Urban

Adrian V Quiz

(Adrian V is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 1. Where was Ottobano Fieschi born? a) Genoa b) Athens c) Skopje d) Belgrade 2. Where was Ottobano Fieschi appointed archdeacon in 1250? a) Cologne b) Munich c) Rheims d) Bratislava 3. Where was Ottobano Fieschi legate? a) Sweden b) England c) Poland d) Bavaria

Benedict XII Quiz

1) Where was Jaques Fournier born? a) Ottoville b) Monrovia c) Nairobi d) Saverdun 2) Which order did Jaques Fournier join? a) Cistercian b) Carthusian c) Franciscan d) Dominican 3) Where did Jaques Fournier become doctor of theology? a) Padua b) Paris c) Vienna d) Barcelona

Clement XIII Quiz

(Clement XIII is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.) 1) When was Carlo della Torre Rezzonico born? a) 7 March 1693 b) 4 July 1700 c) 15 September 1694 d) 21 November 1701 2) Where was Carlo della Torre Rezzonico born? a) Florence b) Naples c) Rome d) Venice 3) Where did Carlo della Torre Rezzonico get his degree in law? a) Mantua b) Padua c) Vienna d) Ostia