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Pictures at an Exhibition - All Saints Quiz


Let's imagine an exhibition of various artworks, grouped by subject. The ninth room in the exhibition is filled with artworks dedicated to one or more saints. Buildings are represented by models. Take your time for this lengthy quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by JanIQ. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Time
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Dec 03 21
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Question 1 of 25
1. One of Dali's masterpieces (completed in 1946) shows us a saint hermit tempted by a vision consisting of a prancing horse and a number of elephants on elegant tiny paws, one of them carrying a nude woman and another carrying an obelisk. Which saint is depicted here? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. St. Apollonia is the patron saint of dentists. She was tortured by extracting her teeth (without anaesthetics - ouch!). Which Antwerp painter portrayed her in 1628? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. Benozzo Gozzoli made a series of paintings (1464-1465) telling the life and times of an early church doctor, the bishop of Hippo (an ancient site in Algeria, near the port of Annaba at the mouth of the river Ubus). What is his first name? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. St. Barbara is the patron saint of all dangerous professions. What is the nickname of Iacopo Comin (also sometimes known as Iacopo Robusti), who made a nice painting of St. Barbara? The painting is not dated. Experts deduce from the style that it should be an early work, completed before 1550. Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. Gaudenzio Ferrari painted a saint who was condemned to be broken on the wheel. As the wheel broke, she was beheaded instead. Who was this saint? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. St. Cecilia is always depicted with some instruments suitable for the pastime she patronizes. See for example the painting Peter Paul Rubens made of her. What is the pastime Cecilia patronizes? It is also one of the main categories on Fun Trivia.

Answer: (One Word - Main Category on Fun Trivia)
Question 7 of 25
7. St. Clare of Assisi founded a monastery for nuns based on the rule of St. Francis. Which Italian early Renaissance artist portrayed St. Clare in 1325? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc renovated a church in Paris for the patron saint of this city. This saint was beheaded, took his head in his arms and walked away for two miles. The church renovated by Viollet-le-Duc is situated on the exact spot where the patron saint would have dropped dead. What is the name of this saint? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. St. Eligius is shown in his workshop in the painting made by Petrus Christus in 1449. The painting is not decisive to deduce St. Eligius' profession, which was at that time very well known. What was St. Eligius' profession? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. Domenico Ghirlandaio painted between 1482 and 1485 a series on the life of St. Francis, founder of a new monastic order and lover of nature. Where did this saint live? He is venerated on October 4th. Fill in his name: St. Francis of ....

Answer: (One Word - City in Italy)
Question 11 of 25
11. Pisanello made between 1436 and 1438 a picture of the patron saint of England. Who is this saint, famous for killing the dragon that guarded the princess of Trebizond? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. The Spanish region of Galicia includes a city with a cathedral dedicated to the apostle who also gave his name to the city and might be buried over there. Dürer made in 1516 a painting about this saint, who is frequently depicted with one or more shells. What is the name of this saint? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. The next saint is one of the best known authors of early Christian doctrine. He is usually depicted with a tame lion in his neighbourhood. Who is this saint, subject of a painting by Vittore Carpaccio in 1502? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. The woman who has her name day on December 13th might be a less famous saint. Nevertheless, she inspired Gian Battista Tiepolo and some others, so she's certainly worth a question in this quiz. Which woman is the patron saint of the blind? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. During the Middle Ages, the guild of the painters (and pharmacists) was dedicated to one of the Evangelists. Jan Gossaert (aka Mabuse) completed in 1525 a painting showing us this saint making a portrait of the Virgin Mary. Who was the patron saint of painters? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. Gentile Bellini made between 1504 and 1507 a series of paintings on the life of this patron saint of the city where Bellini lived. To help you a bit, I'll give the names of some other artists of the same city who depicted the same patron saint (each time with the date of the painting, as far as it is known): Carpaccio (1507), Tullio Lombardo (during the decade of the 1480s), Tintoretto (1562-1566), Titian (1510), Veronese (1555) and Bartolomeo Vivarini (1474). Who is this patron saint of one of the major Italian cities? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. In a famous painting (1618) by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, we see a saint offering half of his cloak to a poor beggar. Who was this saint? This saint became the bishop of Tours (France) in 372. Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. Kenzo Tange was born in 1913. He constructed a church dedicated to St. Mary in the land he was born. In which city can we find the "St. Mary's Cathedral" by Kenzo Tange? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. Normally one can only become a saint when one has always lived a virtuous life. However, repentant sinners can obtain absolution for their sins and live piously ever after. In that case, the former sinners can be eligible for canonisation.
The best example of a repentant sinner is a woman who lived in Jesus' time. Donatello made in 1457 a statue dedicated to this female saint. Who was she?
Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. The most important church in Christianity is of course St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Many notorious architects and sculptors have contributed to this building.
I'll give you four Italian architects. Which of these was not involved in the construction of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome?
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Question 21 of 25
21. St. Rose of Lima was painted by a Spanish artist whom we have almost forgotten. Who made a painting of this South-American saint? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. The city of Rome is filled with sculptures dedicated to several saints. The sculpture which I will use to illustrate a question on this quiz, is entitled "Saint Teresa in Ecstasy" and was made in 1652. It shows us Teresa of Avila having a vision of an angel inspiring her with love of God.
Who was the world famous Italian sculptor of this statue (to be found in the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome)?
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Question 23 of 25
23. The city of Bruges contains many museums with priceless art objects. Whenever you visit Belgium, take your time to visit Bruges.
One of the highlights in the Hospital of St. John in Bruges is a relic shrine decorated with six pictures of the life of Saint Ursula. Ursula and her companions went on a pilgrimage to Rome, but were brutally murdered in Cologne (maybe in 451, but sources differ). Which Belgian painter made this shrine in 1489?
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Question 24 of 25
24. St. Veronica is frequently associated with her attribute. In the painting by El Greco dating from 1580, this attribute is prominently present. What is Veronica's typical attribute? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. Peter Parler was one of the main architects of the cathedral in Prague dedicated to a saint who is frequently asked to help out with cases of epilepsy. Whom is the Prague cathedral dedicated to? Hint



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1. One of Dali's masterpieces (completed in 1946) shows us a saint hermit tempted by a vision consisting of a prancing horse and a number of elephants on elegant tiny paws, one of them carrying a nude woman and another carrying an obelisk. Which saint is depicted here?

Answer: St. Anthony Abbot

St. Albert the Great was a professor at the University of Paris, celebrated on November 15th. He is the patron of scientists. He belonged to the Dominican order.
St. Apollinaris was the first bishop of Ravenna. He is venerated on July 20th and protects against gout.
There are at least three saints with the name Adalbert. In this context, I refer to Adalbert of Prague, bishop of Prague from 982 up to his death in 997. He is venerated April 23rd and patronizes Bohemia, Poland, Prussia and Hungary.
Dali's painting is known as "The Temptation of St. Anthony" and was completed in 1946. It shows us Anthony Abbot (also known as Anthony of Egypt and Anthony the Hermit) when the Devil sends him some hallucinations. St. Anthony is venerated January 17th and protects against nausea and hallucinations. Furthermore, he is patron saint of cattle and farmers.
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was a Spanish Surrealist painter. Some other artists who depicted "The Temptation of St. Anthony" are the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516), the French graphic artist Jacques Callot (1592-1635), the Italian painter Spagnuolo (born Giuseppe Crespi, 1665-1747) and the Belgian painter Joachim Patenier (1480-1524). The Italian painter Stefano di Giovanni (aka il Sassetta, 1400-1450) completed another painting with the same theme, but the painting bears another name: "Anthony the Hermit Tortured by Devils".
2. St. Apollonia is the patron saint of dentists. She was tortured by extracting her teeth (without anaesthetics - ouch!). Which Antwerp painter portrayed her in 1628?

Answer: Jacob Jordaens

All of these artists have depicted Saint Apollonia.
Rogier van der Weyden (1400-1464) was a painter making part of the Early Netherlandish Renaissance (where "Netherlandish" extends roughly to what nowadays is known as the Benelux, Germany west of the Rhine and France north of the Seine). Rogier worked mostly in Brussels.
Jean Fouquet (1415-1481) was a French painter and miniaturist. He was born in Tours (on the Loire).
Dürer (1471-1528) was a prolific German artist. He made dozens of paintings and hundreds of etchings, woodblocks and other graphic works.
If you wonder why I have spelled Dürer's name differently in the given answers and the interesting info, this is to avoid weird effects in HTML mode. Sometimes the diacritic marks (accents, diereses) are displayed in ASCII code in HTML mode in the answer section (but not in the interesting info). That's why I chose the alternative spelling in the answer section.
The only Antwerp based painter of the given options is Jordaens (1593-1678), one of the three painters who dominated Antwerp art during the Seventeenth Century - the others are Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) and Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641). These three masters worked together for the decoration of the St. Augustine church in Antwerp, where Jordaens' painting of St. Apollonia could be seen next to Rubens' painting of "Madonna and Child Adored by Saints" and Van Dyck's "St. Augustine in Ecstasy".
Apollonia was martyred in 249 AD. Her name day is February 9th.
3. Benozzo Gozzoli made a series of paintings (1464-1465) telling the life and times of an early church doctor, the bishop of Hippo (an ancient site in Algeria, near the port of Annaba at the mouth of the river Ubus). What is his first name?

Answer: Augustine

Saint Ambrose (339-397) was the bishop of Milan from 374 until his death. His feast day is December 7th and he patronizes his city. He was one of the first to compose religious hymns.
Saint Basil the Great (330-379) was born in Caesarea (Cappadocia, nowadays Turkey) and founded a monastery in Pontus on the Black Sea. His name day is January 2nd and he is the patron saint of hospital administrators.
There are several saints named Hilary. With the doctor of the church bearing this name, I refer to Hilary of Poitiers (315-367 or 368), the bishop of this French city. He is celebrated January 13th and protects against snake bites.
It was Saint Augustine (354-430) who became bishop of Hippo (nowadays Bone in Tunisia) in 396, only ten years after his conversion. Saint Augustine is the patron saint of brewers and printers and is venerated on August 28th in the Roman Catholic Church and on June 15th in the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Benozzo Gozzoli (1420-1497) was born Benozzo di Lese. He was a prolific Italian painter.
Other artists having depicted Saint Augustine of Hippo include the Italian painters Piero della Francesca (1416-1492) and Giovan Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804), as well as the German sculptor Balthasar Permoser (1651-1732).
4. St. Barbara is the patron saint of all dangerous professions. What is the nickname of Iacopo Comin (also sometimes known as Iacopo Robusti), who made a nice painting of St. Barbara? The painting is not dated. Experts deduce from the style that it should be an early work, completed before 1550.

Answer: Tintoretto

St. Barbara was the daughter of a pagan nobleman. Her father kept her locked away in a tower up to the moment she was to marry a young man of her father's choice. As she turned down marriage, she was finally beheaded - by her own father. In Belgium, Barbara is the patron saint of fire-fighters and mineworkers. Her name day is December 4th.
Canaletto was born Antonio Canal (1697-1768). He was a famous Venetian painter.
Parmigianino (1503-1540) was born Francesco Mazzola. He was born in the vicinity of Parma.
Veronese (1528-1588) was born Paolo Cagliari. His nickname stems from his birthplace, not from the city where he spent most of his career.
Iacopo Comin (1518-1594) was known by the nickname "Tintoretto", which means "Little painter". However, he was quite prolific.
As far as my research stretches, I have found no evidence of a painting of St. Barbara produced by Parmigianino or Canaletto. Veronese did leave a painting with St. Barbara and other saints.
Besides Tintoretto and Veronese, the following artists have portrayed St. Barbara: the Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck (1390-1441), the German artists Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543), Tilman Riemenschneider (1460-1531) and Stephan Lochner (1410-1451), and the Italians Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556) and Iacopo Palma (born Nigretti, 1480-1528).
5. Gaudenzio Ferrari painted a saint who was condemned to be broken on the wheel. As the wheel broke, she was beheaded instead. Who was this saint?

Answer: St. Catherine of Alexandria

Hagiographers tell us that Catherine of Alexandria was convicted to be broken upon the wheel. But as the executioner tried to tie her upon the wheel, the wheel broke, so she was beheaded instead. She is celebrated November 25th and is one of the patron saints of librarians.
St. Catherine of Bologna (1413-1463) was no martyr, but died of a serious illness. She is one of the patron saints of artists and has her name day on March 9th.
St. Catherine of Sweden (1330-1381) spent over half of her life on different pilgrimages. Her feast day is March 22nd. She protects pregnant women against miscarriage.
St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) had never had a formal education. Yet she became one of the most reputed theologians of her time. After her canonization, she was declared Doctor of the Church. Her feast is celebrated on April 29th. She patronizes fire prevention.
Gaudenzio Ferrari (1475-1546) painted several religious canvases. The painting to which I refer in this question shows us St. Catherine kneeling down next to an executioner holding a wheel with several spikes. In the top left corner, we see an angel holding a sword and preparing to cut the wheel into pieces. This painting is not dated.
Saint Catherine of Alexandria was very popular in Italy. Let's give only a few painters who have portrayed her: Caravaggio (born Michelangelo Merisi, 1571-1610); Piero di Cosimo (1461-1521); and Lodovico Carraci (1555-1619).
6. St. Cecilia is always depicted with some instruments suitable for the pastime she patronizes. See for example the painting Peter Paul Rubens made of her. What is the pastime Cecilia patronizes? It is also one of the main categories on Fun Trivia.

Answer: Music

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) depicted in 1640 Saint Cecilia sitting at a virginal - an early version of the piano. Rubens is of course the most notorious Belgian painter of the Seventeenth Century (and perhaps of all times).
Cecilia is venerated on November 22nd.
Cecilia is the patron saint of music, and is thus frequently depicted with some musical instruments: a virginal in paintings by Rubens and by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), a lute in the painting by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1651), a church organ in the painting by Orazio Gentileschi (1563-1639), a triangle and a tambourine (and other instruments) in the canvas by Rafael (1483-1520) and a cello in the painting by Guido Reni (1575-1642).
Not all the main categories in fun trivia are patronized by some saint. St. Cecilia patronizes music, St. Francis is the right person for the category "animals" and St. Clare is the patron saint of television. You could say St. Nicholas (name day December 6th) can help out with the category "for children", and St. Albert the Great patronizes "sci tech" - after all Albert is the patron saint of scientists. Likewise you could choose St. Sebastian (patron saint of athletes) in the category "Sports" and St. John Chrysostom (patron saint of preachers) for the category "Religion". As for literature, St. Francis de Sales (patron saint of writers) and St. Catherine of Alexandria (patron saint of librarians) come into mind. Taking with a pinch of salt, one might even suggest St. Jerome (patron saint of archaeologists and record keepers) for the category "History" and St. Thomas the Apostle (patron saint of surveyors) for the category "Geography".
I have however no suggestions for the other categories on fun trivia, except perhaps some general ideas: St. Isidore (patron saint of internet); St. Jude or St. Rita (patron saints of desperate causes - might come in handy with the category "Brain Teasers"). If you think of any other patron saint, please let me know.
7. St. Clare of Assisi founded a monastery for nuns based on the rule of St. Francis. Which Italian early Renaissance artist portrayed St. Clare in 1325?

Answer: Giotto di Bondone

St. Clare (1194-1253) was one of the first women to join St. Francis in his ascetic way of life. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, which later was named after her. Her name day is August 11th. There is a story that once Saint Clare was too ill to go to church. As she didn't want to miss the Mass, she had a vision in which the entire Mass was projected onto the wall opposite her bed.
Giotto di Bondone (1266-1337) and Simone Martini (1284-1344) were some of the few artists who left us an artwork depicting Saint Clare. Several sources indicate that Giotto was the first artist to individualise faces on his paintings.
Algardi (1595-1654) was a sculptor. He portrayed several saints, but I've found no record of him making a statue of St. Clare.
Anthemios of Tralla (born about 500) was a Byzantine architect. He lived well before St. Clare and could hence not make any effigy of hers. He worked on the Aya Sofia in Istanbul.
Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a Russian painter. He is said never to have completed any religious painting.
8. Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc renovated a church in Paris for the patron saint of this city. This saint was beheaded, took his head in his arms and walked away for two miles. The church renovated by Viollet-le-Duc is situated on the exact spot where the patron saint would have dropped dead. What is the name of this saint?

Answer: Saint Denis

Saint Thomas More (1478-1535) was beheaded on the accusation of high treason. King Henry VIII had him convicted of high treason because Thomas didn't acknowledge Henry's supremacy over the Anglican Church. Saint Thomas More was beheaded in London, not near Paris. Thomas is one of the patron saints of lawyers and has his name day on June 22nd.
Saint Sebastian was not beheaded at all. He was first used as a practice target for archers and later clubbed to death. He is the patron saint of archers and soldiers. His feast day is January 20th in the Catholic Church and December 18th in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) founded the monastic order of the Cistercians. He died of some illness - sources don't mention which one. Bernard is venerated August 20th and is the patron saint of candle makers.
St. Denis was a missionary to Gaul around 250. He and his two aids Rusticus and Eleutherius were beheaded around 258. A convent was raised over the tomb of St. Denis, and Viollet-le-Duc renovated the Gothic church on this spot. St. Denis is celebrated October 9th.
Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879) was a French architect known for his restoration works, especially of medieval buildings. The sources I've consulted don't mention the date of Viollet-le-Duc's restoration efforts.
Other artists inspired by St. Denis were the French painters Léon Bonnat (1833-1922) and Joseph Marie Vien (1716-1809), the French architect Richard Mique (1728-1794), the French sculptor Michel Anguier (1612-1686) and the Belgian painter Jean Malouel (1370-1415).
9. St. Eligius is shown in his workshop in the painting made by Petrus Christus in 1449. The painting is not decisive to deduce St. Eligius' profession, which was at that time very well known. What was St. Eligius' profession?

Answer: Blacksmith

Surely you didn't pick the shepherd - what would he do in a workshop? Shepherds have at least two patron saints: Our Lady of Lapurdo and Pascal Baylon.
The saint who patronizes tax collectors and bankers was a famous tax collector himself, until Jesus Christ called him as one of the apostles. His name is Matthew. He is celebrated September 21st.
The patron saint of carpenters is the foster father of Jesus Christ - Saint Joseph. His name day is March 19th.
Saint Eligius (aka Eloi) is patron saint of blacksmiths, goldsmiths and metal workers. His feast is December 1st. He was born around 590 and died in 660.
In the painting by Petrus Christus, you'll find Eligius weighing some precious metal for a noble couple, probably as the couple orders some jewellery from Eligius.
Petrus Christus was a Flemish artist who died between 1472 and 1476 (sources differ). His birth date is uncertain, maybe 1420. He worked in Bruges from 1444.
Other artists who have portrayed St. Eligius are the Italian Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), the Swiss Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484-1530) and the Belgian Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).
10. Domenico Ghirlandaio painted between 1482 and 1485 a series on the life of St. Francis, founder of a new monastic order and lover of nature. Where did this saint live? He is venerated on October 4th. Fill in his name: St. Francis of ....

Answer: Assisi

St. Francis (1181-1226) always lived near the Umbrian city Assisi. He never had the intent of founding a new monastic order. But as many people followed his ascetic lifestyle, he had to provide some simple rules.
St. Francis of Assisi is patron saint of animals and ecologists.
Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494) was a Florentine painter, son of Tomasso Bigordi. His real name was Domenico di Tomasso Bigordi, but every one knew him as Domenico the garland maker. He is the best known member of a very artistic family: his brothers Davide (1452-1523) and Benedetto (1458-1497) and Domenico's son Ridolfo (1483-1561) painted as well.
Besides Ghirlandaio, there are quite a lot of other artists who have left us some effigy of St. Francis of Assisi. I'll give just three of them: Giotto (1266-1337), who showed St. Francis preaching to the birds; Vincenzo Foppa (1427-1515), who depicted the popular scene of the stigmatization of St. Francis; and Taddeo Gaddi (died 1366), who depicted St. Francis miraculously restoring the life of a young boy.
If you had picked Francis of Sales, another notorious saint by the name of Francis, I would like to point out that his name day is January 24th. St. Francis of Sales is patron saint of (Catholic) authors and journalists.
11. Pisanello made between 1436 and 1438 a picture of the patron saint of England. Who is this saint, famous for killing the dragon that guarded the princess of Trebizond?

Answer: St. George

St. Andrew was an apostle and brother of Simon Peter. He was crucified on an oblique cross (X-shaped), which is also the attribute with which he is frequently portrayed. His name day is November 30th. He is the patron saint of fishermen and of Scotland. Andrew never fought a dragon.
St. David (celebrated March 1st) is the patron saint of Wales. He founded several missionary monasteries. As far as we know, he never fought any dragon.
St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. His name day (March 17th) is celebrated with much Irish beer and whisky in almost every city with a prominent Irish population. Fighting off a dragon was not part of his job, but legend has it that he removed all snakes from Ireland.
St. George is the patron saint of England we were looking for. His feast day is April 23rd. George is traditionally depicted vanquishing a dragon and freeing a princess. However, this story must be taken symbolically. The dragon symbolises the Devil, and the Princess of Trebizond stands for God's holy Truth.
By the way, St. George was a martyr as well. He is said to have been executed three times, but on every occasion God revived him.
Pisanello was born Antonio di Puccio (1395-1455). His nickname makes reference to his birth city.
Other artists who have dedicated one of their works to St. George include the German brothers Cosmas (1686-1739, painter) and Egid Asam (1692-1750, sculptor); the Italian painters Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506), Ercole De' Roberti (1450-1496), Dosso Dossi (born Giovanni Luteri, 1480-1542), and Mattia Preti (1613-1699); and the English painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882).
12. The Spanish region of Galicia includes a city with a cathedral dedicated to the apostle who also gave his name to the city and might be buried over there. Dürer made in 1516 a painting about this saint, who is frequently depicted with one or more shells. What is the name of this saint?

Answer: St. James the Greater

St. Ignatius Loyola was a Spanish soldier who was severely wounded in the war with the French. During his recovery, he read many hagiographies and decided to found his own monastic order: the Societas Iesu (Society of Jesus), whose followers are called Jesuits. This monastic order has a quite military organisation and emphasises education. St. Ignatius has his name day on July 31. He is the patron saint of Bilbao and the Basque region.
St. Isidore of Sevilla was allegedly the first to undertake the writing of an encyclopaedia containing all scientific knowledge available at that time. This explains why he became the patron saint of the internet. (So whenever you're stuck on a question on Fun Trivia, you could try and pray to St. Isidore for help). His feast day is April 4th.
St. Charles Borromeo is the patron saint of learning. This Italian was a nephew of Pope Pius IV. St. Charles occupied important offices in the Church (including Archbishop of Milan), but remained humble. His name day is November 4th.
The saint we were looking for in this question is St. James the Greater - known in Spanish as Santiago. The city in Galicia I've mentioned is Santiago de Compostela. Still in the Twenty-First Century, this city attracts a large number of pilgrims each year. Every year there are over 100,000 pilgrims who walk the final 100 km (about 65 miles) to Santiago. St. James is celebrated July 25th and is the patron saint of labourers.
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a prolific German artist. He left us dozens of painting and hundreds of woodcarvings.
Besides Dürer, there are many other artists having also depicted St. James. I'll name here just a few: the Italian painters Carlo Crivelli (1430-1501), Antonio de Pollaiuolo (born Antonio Benci, 1432-1498) and Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754), and the Italian sculptor Iacopo il Sansovino (born Iacopo Tatti, 1486-1570).
13. The next saint is one of the best known authors of early Christian doctrine. He is usually depicted with a tame lion in his neighbourhood. Who is this saint, subject of a painting by Vittore Carpaccio in 1502?

Answer: St. Jerome

St. Valentine (died 269) was a priest. He is the patron saint of lovers. His name day is February 14th. As far as I know, there is no connection with lions. Valentine was clubbed to death.
St. Dominic de Guzman (1170-1221) was a Spanish priest, founder of the eponymous monastic order. He is the patron saint of astronomers and has his name day on August 8th. Images of his include sometimes a black and white dog.
St. Daniel is not the prophet who was thrown in the lion's den. There are several St. Daniels. In this info section, I want to discuss the life and times of St. Daniel of Spain. He was a hermit and was martyred in the Ninth Century. His feast day is April 29th and he patronizes the Benedictine nuns' convent in Gerona.
St. Jerome (331-420) was born Eusebius Hieronymus Sophronius. In order to contemplate on his way of life, he retired in the Egyptian desert near Alexandria. Jerome patronizes librarians and archaeologists. His name day is September 30th in Roman Catholicism and June 15th in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
According to legend, Jerome was approached by a limping lion. Jerome cured the animal by removing a thorn from its paw, and the lion kept him company. In the painting by Carpaccio (1460-1525), Jerome and his lion enter a convent, but the monks are deterred by seeing the lion. Benozzo Gozzoli (1420-1497) shows us Jerome curing the lion.
Some other artists who have painted St. Jerome are the Dutch Gerard Dou (1613-1675); the Italians Francesco Albani (1578-1660), Agostino Carraci (1557-1602), Fra Filippo Lippi (1406-1469), and Federico Barocci (born Federico Fiori, 1535-1612); the French Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521), Georges de la Tour (1593-1652) and Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675); and the German Johann Liss (1597-1630).
14. The woman who has her name day on December 13th might be a less famous saint. Nevertheless, she inspired Gian Battista Tiepolo and some others, so she's certainly worth a question in this quiz. Which woman is the patron saint of the blind?

Answer: St. Lucy

St. Perpetua was martyred together with St. Felicitas. The two share their name day on March 7th. Perpetua left an autobiography (up to the moment when she arrived in the arena to be devoured by wild beasts). She is the patron saint of expectant mothers.
St. Agnes was another martyr. She was only thirteen years old when she was beheaded (after refusing to work as a prostitute). Her feast day is January 21st and she is patron saint of chastity. Many images show her with a lamb (called "agnus" in Latin).
St. Rita of Cascia (1381-1457) is the patron saint of hopeless causes. She is celebrated on May 22nd.
St. Lucy is the saint we were looking for. There is not much factual information on her life: we have to rely on legend and oral tradition. It is generally agreed upon that Saint Lucy was tortured during the Christian persecution under Emperor Diocletian (244-311, Emperor from 284 until 305). One of the different legends relates that Lucy's eyes were amputated, but God put them back. This explains of course why she is the patron saint of people struck by eye problems.
Tiepolo (1696-1770) was a prolific painter. In 1747 he painted "The Last Communion of Saint Lucy". His son Giandomenico (1727-1804) became a famous painter as well.
Other artists who have depicted Saint Lucy include: Domenico Veneziano (died 1461), Filippino Lippi (1457-1504) and Paolo Veronese (1528-1588).
15. During the Middle Ages, the guild of the painters (and pharmacists) was dedicated to one of the Evangelists. Jan Gossaert (aka Mabuse) completed in 1525 a painting showing us this saint making a portrait of the Virgin Mary. Who was the patron saint of painters?

Answer: St. Luke

The four Evangelists are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Matthew was a tax collector before his calling as an apostle and Evangelist. His name day is September 21st. He is the patron saint of tax collectors and bankers.
John was an Evangelist and also one of the original twelve apostles. In various passages, he speaks of "the disciple that Jesus loved" - probably meaning himself. Together with Peter and James the Greater, John was one of the principal apostles. As with many other apostles, John was a fisher before becoming an apostle. He is the patron saint of the region known in the Roman Empire as "Asia Minor". His feast day is December 27th.
We know very little of the life of Mark before he wrote the gospel named after him. He is celebrated April 25th and is the patron saint of notaries.
Luke was a physician before he wrote his gospel. In those days, physicians and doctors also made herbal medicine. Likewise, painters mixed during the Renaissance different substances (mineral, herbal and or animal products) to produce the paint they used for their artworks. Hence doctors, pharmacists and painters had the same patron saint, namely Saint Luke. The guild of Saint Luke extended also to other artists such as sculptors and woodcarvers. His name day is October 18th.
Jan Gossaert (1478-1532) was named after his place of birth, Maubeuge (later corrupted to Mabuse). He was one of the first North-European artists who went to Italy and was influenced by the Italian Renaissance. Other painters who depicted St. Luke painting the Madonna are the Belgian Maarten de Vos (1532-1603), and the Dutch Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574). The Spanish Francisco de Zurbaran (1598-1664) deviates from the classical scheme, as he portrayed Luke painting the Crucifixion instead of the Madonna.
16. Gentile Bellini made between 1504 and 1507 a series of paintings on the life of this patron saint of the city where Bellini lived. To help you a bit, I'll give the names of some other artists of the same city who depicted the same patron saint (each time with the date of the painting, as far as it is known): Carpaccio (1507), Tullio Lombardo (during the decade of the 1480s), Tintoretto (1562-1566), Titian (1510), Veronese (1555) and Bartolomeo Vivarini (1474). Who is this patron saint of one of the major Italian cities?

Answer: St. Mark

St. John the Baptist is the patron saint of several important Italian cities: Genoa, Turin and Florence. His name day is June 24th.
St. Peter is evidently the patron saint of Rome. He has three feast days: June 29th, February 22nd and November 18th.
St. Ambrose is the patron saint of Milan. He is celebrated on December 7th.
St. Mark is the patron saint of Venice. His name day is April 25th. The body of St. Mark would have been brought to Venice in the Ninth Century (this episode is one of the paintings by Bellini).
If you knew which city each of these saints patronizes, you would have made a large step to finding which saint we are looking for. But there is still work to do: Rome, Venice and Florence have sponsored a large number of famous artists.
Gentile Bellini (1429-1507), Vittore Carpaccio (1460-1525), Tintoretto (born Iacopo Comin or Iacopo Robusti, 1518-1594), Titian (Tiziano Vecello, 1488-1576), Veronese (born Paolo Cagliari, 1528-1588) and Bartolomeo Vivarini (1430-1491) were famous Venetian painters. Tullio Lombardo (1455-1532) was a notorious Venetian sculptor. Paolo Veneziano (1300-1360) was another Venetian painter who depicted St. Mark.
There are also several Florentine artists who depicted St. Mark: the painters Andrea del Castagno (1420-1457), Fra Angelico (born Guidolino di Pietro, 1400-1457), Fra Bartolomeo (1472-1517), and Bronzino (born Agnolo Tori, 1503-1572).
If you had already discovered that the saints in this quiz are in alphabetical order, you would surely have picked the right answer.
17. In a famous painting (1618) by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, we see a saint offering half of his cloak to a poor beggar. Who was this saint? This saint became the bishop of Tours (France) in 372.

Answer: Saint Martin

Saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941) is the patron saint of drug addicts. He is celebrated on August 14th.
Saint Maruthas was a bishop in Maiferkat, a small town in Syria. His name day is December 4th. He is called the "father of the Syrian Church", which he probably patronized.
Saint Medardus (457-545) was bishop of Noyon. He patronizes the weather and is celebrated on June 8th. A popular saying in Belgium is "If it rains on St. Medard, it will rain six weeks".
The best known of these saints is of course St. Martin. He is the bishop of Tours we were looking for in this question. His name day is November 11th. He is the patron saint of innkeepers and yet protects against alcoholism.
Hagiographies never discuss why Saint Martin offered half of his cloak. Personally I think the saint expected another beggar to turn up just around the corner. Incidentally, the half cloak St. Martin kept is now a relic in the oratory of the Frankish Kings.
Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was one of the best known Baroque painters of Antwerp. Other artists who painted St. Martin of Tours, include the Belgian Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625), and the Italian il Pordenone (born Giovanni Antonio de' Sacchis, 1484-1539).
18. Kenzo Tange was born in 1913. He constructed a church dedicated to St. Mary in the land he was born. In which city can we find the "St. Mary's Cathedral" by Kenzo Tange?

Answer: Tokyo

Los Angeles has a cathedral dedicated to St. Mary: the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, completed in 2002. This cathedral was not constructed by Kenzo Tange, but by the Spanish architect Rafael Moneo (born 1937).
Florence, Italy has two major churches dedicated to St. Mary. The cathedral is the Santa Maria dei Fiori, better known as "il Duomo". Arnolfo di Cambio (1240-1302) started the construction in 1296, and Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) completed in 1436 the work on the notorious cupola: the first octagonal dome in history, and the first dome to be built after the fall of the Roman Empire. The other Florentine church to which I refer is the basilica Santa Maria Novella, constructed between 1246 and 1360.
Felix Houphouet-Boigny was born in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, in 1905. When he became the first President of Ivory Coast, he decided to make his birthplace into the new capital city and funded the construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro. This basilica is reputedly the largest Roman Catholic Church in the world. The architect was the Lebanese Pierre Fakhoury.
Kenzo Tange (1913-2005) was a Japanese architect. He designed St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo in 1964.
I don't have to explain who Virgin Mary was. She is venerated August 15th. Her patronage is quite extensive and includes about fifty categories of people and hundreds of places. I'll name just two kinds of people she especially patronizes: virgins (of course) and mothers.
19. Normally one can only become a saint when one has always lived a virtuous life. However, repentant sinners can obtain absolution for their sins and live piously ever after. In that case, the former sinners can be eligible for canonisation. The best example of a repentant sinner is a woman who lived in Jesus' time. Donatello made in 1457 a statue dedicated to this female saint. Who was she?

Answer: Mary Magdalene

The Salome we meet in the Bible danced for Herod and was given the head of St. John the Baptist on a silver platter. This Salome was never canonized. There is a Saint Salome: an Anglo-Saxon pilgrim in the Ninth century, who is buried in Altaich, Bavaria (Germany). Her name day is June 29th.
I have found no trace of any Saint Delilah. In the Old Testament, we meet a certain Delilah who betrayed Samson to the Philistines.
There is no mention of any Saint Jezebel either. The biblical Jezebel was the wife of King Ahab. As punishment for her sins (in specific idolatry), she was thrown out of a window, where her body was trampled by a horse and eaten by dogs.
Mary Magdalene had a reputation of many sins when she first met Jesus Christ. At this occasion, she wept on Jesus' feet, dried them with her long hair and anointed them. She is venerated July 22nd. She patronizes pharmacists and perfume makers.
Donatello (Donato di Betto Bardi, 1386-1466) was one of the most important Italian sculptors.
Other artists who depicted Saint Mary Magdalene, include: the Italian painters Domenicchino (Domenico Zampieri, 1581-1641) and Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1591-1666) , and the Austrian painter Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796). There are far too many artists inspired by Mary Magdalene to mention all of them.
20. The most important church in Christianity is of course St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Many notorious architects and sculptors have contributed to this building. I'll give you four Italian architects. Which of these was not involved in the construction of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome?

Answer: Renzo Piano

The first architect for St. Peter's (as the building now appears, for there was an older church on about the same spot) was Donato d'Angelo, better known as Bramante (1444-1514). He started working in 1506. Other artists who have made a contribution are Rafael (Rafaello Sanzio, 1483-1520), Fra Giocondo (1433-1515), Giuliano da Sangallo (1443-1516), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1536), Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1453-1534), Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564), Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-1573), Domenico Fontana (1543-1607), Giacomo della Porta (1540-1602) and Carlo Maderno (1556-1629), who completed the work in 1614. Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) designed the Piazza San Pietro and sculpted St. Peter's Chair and St. Peter's Baldachin. Renzo Piano (born 1937) is an Italian architect of the XXth Century, who worked on the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
St. Peter has several name days, of which June 29th is the most important. His patronage is quite extensive, but I'll name two occupations patronized by St. Peter: bridge builders (the Pope is considered the bridge between Heaven and Earth) and locksmiths (because St. Peter was given the Keys of Paradise).
St. Peter is considered to be the first Pope and the most important of the apostles. That's why almost every artist who ever completed a religious work has made a portrait of St. Peter. Any list would be quite incomplete, so I won't give you a list of paintings and sculptures of St. Peter.
21. St. Rose of Lima was painted by a Spanish artist whom we have almost forgotten. Who made a painting of this South-American saint?

Answer: Bartolome Esteban Murillo

St. Rose of Lima (1586-1617) is the patron saint of Latin America and of the Philippines. Her feast is August 30th.
If you have answered "Pedro Berruguete", I'm afraid you have committed an anachronism. Pedro Berruguete was indeed a Spanish painter. As he lived in the Fifteenth Century (1450-1503), he was already deceased before the birth of Saint Rose. He made a series of paintings on the life of St. Dominic.
Jose Benito de Churriguera (1665-1725) was a Spanish architect and sculptor. He has worked on several churches, of which I'll name here St. Stephen in Salamanca and St. Cajetan in Madrid.
Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002) was a Spanish sculptor. I haven't found any religious artwork of his.
Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682) painted St. Rose of Lima before 1655 (an exact date is unknown). It shows us St. Rose in a nun's habit, offering pink carnations to a baby (probably representing Jesus Christ). Pink carnations symbolise the unconditional love of a mother for her child. A Christian legend relates that when the Virgin Mary witnessed Christ carrying the cross, her tears changed into pink carnations when they hit the ground.
22. The city of Rome is filled with sculptures dedicated to several saints. The sculpture which I will use to illustrate a question on this quiz, is entitled "Saint Teresa in Ecstasy" and was made in 1652. It shows us Teresa of Avila having a vision of an angel inspiring her with love of God. Who was the world famous Italian sculptor of this statue (to be found in the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome)?

Answer: Gian Lorenzo Bernini

The French Niki de Saint-Phalle (Marie Agnes de Saint-Phalle, born 1930) was one of the very few female sculptors to gain world fame.
Henry Moore (1898-1986) was a British sculptor. His best known work is "King and Queen". Whilst researching this quiz, I haven't found any religious artwork by Henry Moore.
Donatello was born Donato di Betto Bardi. He lived from 1386 until 1466.
The sculptor we were looking for in this question is Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). He made dozens of statues we can still admire in Rome.
St. Teresa was born in 1515. She died in 1582, in the night of October 4th or October 15th. Indeed: she is one of the few people who passed away in the exact night of the calendar reform by Pope Gregory XIII. Teresa has her name day on October 15th and patronizes protection against headache.
23. The city of Bruges contains many museums with priceless art objects. Whenever you visit Belgium, take your time to visit Bruges. One of the highlights in the Hospital of St. John in Bruges is a relic shrine decorated with six pictures of the life of Saint Ursula. Ursula and her companions went on a pilgrimage to Rome, but were brutally murdered in Cologne (maybe in 451, but sources differ). Which Belgian painter made this shrine in 1489?

Answer: Hans Memling

Rombout II Keldermans (1460-1531) was a famous Belgian architect. He worked on the Cathedral of Antwerp and the town hall of Ghent. Many of his family members were praised artists: the sculptor Jan I (1345-1425); his son Jan II (1375-1445, architect); Jan II's sons Andries I (about 1400-1470), Rombout I (1420-1489, designer of stained glass), Jan III (stone carver) and Matthijs I (sculptor); Andries I's sons Antoon I (1440-1512, sculptor) and Matthijs II (architect); Matthijs II's son Laurens I (stone carver) and Antoon I's sons Antoon II (died 1515, architect) and Rombout II; and Antoon II's son Laurens II (architect, died 1534). As you see, there are six generations of the family Keldermans who made their way in art.
Frans Snijders (1579-1657) was a Belgian painter who specialised in the rendering of animals. Some of his best known paintings are "Wild Boar Hunt" and "Fish Shop". I would also like to mention here "Still Life with Crab, Poultry and Fruit" (1620), where a little kitten looks with much appetite to the plucked chicken lying on the table...
James Ensor (1860-1949) was a Belgian painter. He became famous with his paintings of masks and skeletons. His masterpiece is "Entry of Christ in Brussels".
Hans Memling (1433-1494) was perhaps the most acclaimed artist in his time. He was born in Seligenstadt (Germany) but spent almost his entire career in Bruges.
St. Ursula, the daughter of a Britannic king, went on a pilgrimage to Rome. Returning from Rome, she was captured by the Huns (or perhaps by some other pagans) and killed because she refused to marry the general. According to Memling's shrine, she had eleven thousand virgins accompanying her on the pilgrimage. However, this is quite unlikely: the group will have consisted probably of eleven virgins (including Ursula herself). St. Ursula is venerated on October 21st and is the patron saint of the German city of Cologne.
24. St. Veronica is frequently associated with her attribute. In the painting by El Greco dating from 1580, this attribute is prominently present. What is Veronica's typical attribute?

Answer: Veil

A palm twig is the symbol of a Christian martyr. St. Veronica was not martyred, so she does not hold a palm twig.
The tower is symbol for Saint Barbara, who was locked away in a tower because she refused to marry.
There are of course many saints symbolised with a book. Most of these saints holding a book were doctors of the church - a title that is not bestowed upon Veronica.
Veronica lived in the period when Jesus Christ was crucified. Legend tells us she wiped His face with a veil that afterward miraculously showed the effigy of Christ. There is a relic called "Veronica's veil" in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The Turin shroud is not to be confused with Veronica's veil: the shroud is a piece of cloth which could have been wrapped around Jesus' body at the time of the deposition in the grave.
Veronica is celebrated on July 12th and patronizes laundry workers and photographers (the reason for these two patronages is quite obvious).
Domenikos Theotokopoulos was born in Crete in 1541. He became a painter in the Venetian school and moved on to Spain, where he was commonly called "El Greco" ("the Greek"). This nickname is far better memorisable than his real name. El Greco died in Toledo in 1614. In 1580, he completed a painting entitled "Veronica Holding the Veil". In this painting, Veronica shows the veil with a picture of Jesus Christ carrying the Crown of Thorns.
Some other artists having portrayed Veronica are the German Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), the Belgian Hans Memling (1433-1494) and the Italian Bernardo Strozzi (1581-1644).
25. Peter Parler was one of the main architects of the cathedral in Prague dedicated to a saint who is frequently asked to help out with cases of epilepsy. Whom is the Prague cathedral dedicated to?

Answer: St. Vitus

St. Dymphna was an Irish girl. When her mother died, her father went mad from grief. Some months after Dymphna's mother died, her father proposed to marry her. Dymphna refused and her father beheaded her. St. Dymphna is the patron saint of people afflicted by all kinds of mental deficiency. Her name day is May 15th and her body is buried in the Flemish town of Gheel.
There are several saints with the name William. I'll tell here about Archbishop William of Bourges who has his name day on January 10th. He patronizes the University of Paris
Saint Willibrord was Archbishop of Frisia (one of the most northern provinces of the Netherlands) from 696 until his death in 739. His feast day is November 7th. He patronizes Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
St. Vitus was a Sicilian martyr. He is celebrated June 15th. According to legend, he was thrown in a kettle with boiling oil when he was still a young boy.
The Prague cathedral bears the full name "Cathedral of St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert". Construction of this cathedral started in 1344 and the German architect Peter Parler (1330-1399) worked on it from 1352 until his death in 1399. The cathedral was completed in 1929.

Information in this quiz was found in the following online sources: the Webmuseum; Archiguide; Web Gallery of Art; Calendar of Saints; Catholic Encyclopaedia; and Wikipedia. Furthermore, I have consulted the Encarta encyclopaedia on CD-ROM and the following books: "Tout Rome et le Vatican" by Eugenio Pucci; "Le Petit Larousse" (1993); "Verschueren Groot Encyclopedisch Woordenboek" (1996); "World History" by Carl Grimberg et alii (2004) and "7000 Years of World History" edited by Lekturama (1977).
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