Lives Of The Saints Trivia Quiz

Answer: Saint Rita Of Cascia

Born in 1381, this saint had wanted to enter a convent even as a child. Her parents, however, insisted she marry. When her husband and sons died, she entered the convent. Through miracle, Saint Rita Of Cascia was given a thorn of Jesus when she prayed to suffer as He suffered. She died in 1457.

Answer: False

Saint Bonaventure was named by Saint Francis Of Assisi. Named John at birth, Saint Bonaventure was gravely ill as a baby. His mother asked Saint Francis Of Assisi to pray for him. While praying for the baby, Saint Francis Of Assisi foresaw the greatness of what was to come from the baby.

He exclaimed, 'O buona ventura', which means, `Oh good fortune.' Saint Bonaventure was born in Tuscany, Italy in 1221. He died in 1274.

Answer: Saint Jerome Emiliani

Born a Venetian nobleman in 1481, Saint Jerome Emiliani became a soldier and was taken prisoner. After a miraculous lberation, he dedicated his life to God and to helping poor orphans. He died as a victim of an epidemic in 1537.

Answer: False

Saint Catherine Of Sweden is invoked to help protect against miscarriage. Born the daughter of the prince of Nercia, Sweden and Saint Bridget, Saint Catherine Of Sweden was married off to a young German nobleman. They both remained chaste for God. She died in 1381, and was canonized in 1484.

Answer: True

The mother of the apostles, James and John, Saint Salome is mentioned in the Bible Book of Mark as being one of the three women at the foot of the cross. Saint Mark also mentions her as one of the same three women who came to the tomb to annoint Jesus' body on Easter morning.

Answer: Saint Stephen

The patron saint of stonemasons, Saint Stephen was martyred by being stoned to death. His last words were, `Lord, do not lay this sin against them.' He died in 35 AD.

Answer: doctors

Saint Luke is also the patron saint of painters. One of the earliest converts, he was the missionary companion to Saint Paul. The third book of the Gospels in the New Testament was written by Saint Luke.

Answer: True

At about the year 305 AD, Saint Pelagia, a devout Chistian and virgin, was ordered to be escorted to the local persecuter of the church. Rather than submit, she declared she had to put on her bravest apparel and instead made her way to the roof of the house where she flung herself off to preserve her virginity for Christ. Her feast day is October eighth.

Answer: Saint Monica

Saint Monica was born in the year 333AD. Her husband, Patricius of Tagaste, was an angry, hardline pagan. Through patience and prayer, she helped convert him a year before his death. Her son was a wild youth, following in his father's footsteps. She never gave up on him, even following him from Africa to Italy. Following conversion, he became the popular saint, Saint Augustine of Hippo.

Answer: True

Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, born in Poland in 1894, was arrested twice after the 1939 invasion of Poland. In 1941 he was sent to Auschwitz where he died by offering himself for extermination in place of a young husband and father. He was canonized in 1981. Edith Stein, who also perished at Auschwitz, has also been canonized, while the Titus Brandsma, another victim of Auschwitz has been beatified - that is, formally recognized as a martyr for his faith.