Patron Saints in the Catholic Church Quiz

Answer: St. Dominic

St. Dominic's feast day is August 8. He is commonly depicted with a dog holding a torch in its mouth, symbolizing the fire and zeal he had for souls. He was canonized in 1234 by Pope Gregory IX.

Answer: St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales is the patron saint of writers. His feast day is January 24. He wrote the book "Introduction to a Devout Life" in 1609. He was canonized in 1665 by Pope Alexander VII.

Answer: St. Cecilia

St. Cecilia's feast day is November 22. She took a vow of virginity at a young age and died a martyr with her husband and brother-in-law. She was killed sometime between 161-192. She is mentioned in the Canon of the Mass.

Answer: St. Gerard Majella

St. Gerard Majella is the patron saint of expectant mothers. He is invoked as patron because of a miracle that occurred through his prayers for a woman in labor. He was canonized in 1904 by Pope St. Pius X, and his feast day is October 16.

Answer: St. Aloysius Gonzaga

St. Aloysius Gonzaga's feast day is June 21. St. Aloysius died at the age of twenty-four from disease. He was canonized in 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII.

Answer: Stomach Disorders

St. Timothy's feast day is January 26, and he is the patron saint against stomach disorders. After studying under his master, the Apostle St. Paul, he spent the remainder of his life as Bishop of Ephesus. He was martyred during the winter of the year 97.

Answer: St. Dymphna

St. Dymphna's feast day is May 15. Her father, Damon, was afflicted with mental illness after her mother's untimely death. Damon's advisors told him to marry his daughter. St. Dymphna escaped with St. Gerebran to Belgium, but when they were found, Damon decapitated both St. Gerebran and St. Dymphna, who was only fifteen.

She was proclaimed a martyr in 620, and many miracles have occurred at her shrine, which is built on the spot of her burial in Gheel, Belgium.

Answer: St. Thomas the Apostle

St. Thomas the Apostle's feast day is July 3. He is most commonly known as St. Thomas the Doubter after his unwillingness to believe in the Resurrection until he could putting his fingers in the wounds left by the nails in Christ's side. He was killed at Calamine.

Answer: St. Maria Goretti

St. Maria Goretti is the patron saint of teenage girls, and her feast day is on July 6. She was called "the St. Agnes of the 20th century" by Pope Pius XII. Alexander, the son of St. Maria's father's partner whom they shared a house, began to make sinful advances toward her.

When she resisted, he began to strike at her blindly with a dagger, several of the blows passed through her body. She was canonized on July 25, 1950 by Pope Pius XII, with her family present, which is very unique in Church history.

Her murderer, after being released from prison after twenty-seven years, went on to become a Capuchin laybrother, having a complete change of heart.

Answer: Librarians

St. Jerome is the patron saint of librarians, and his feast day is September 30. His scriptural works are still unmatched within Church history. He died at Bethlehem in 420.

Answer: St. John Vianney

St. John Mary Vianney's feast day is August 4. His life was filled with extreme mortification. He was known to hear confessions for sixteen hours each day. He remains the living image of the priest after the Heart of Christ to this day in the Church. He was canonized on May 31, 1925 by Pope Pius XI.

Answer: St. Luke

St. Luke, one of the authors of the four Gospels, has his feast day on October 18. He was a physician by profession, and legend says he was also a painter.

Answer: Television

St. Clare, the patron saint of television, has her feast day on August 11. She helped in the founding of Poor Clares, which is also known as the Second Order of St. Francis. She died on August 11, 1253 and was canonized in 1255 by Pope Alexander IV.

Answer: St. Sebastian

St. Sebastian's feast day is January 20. According to a fifth century account, he joined the army at Rome under the Emperor Carinus in 283 to give aid to martyrs. When he was found to be a Christian, he was condemned to be shot to death by arrow. Left for dead, he was restored to health by a pious widow. St. Sebastian then reproached the Emperor for his injustice against the Christians.

The Emperor then ordered that St. Sebastian be beaten to death with clubs. His body was thrown in a sewer, where it was found, removed, and buried in the catacombs.

Answer: St. Camillus de Lellis

St. Camillus de Lellis' feast day is July 14. He laid the foundation of the Congregation of Regular Clerics to administer to the sick. He then devoted the rest of his life to the sick and dying. He died on July 14, 1614 and was canonized in 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV.

Answer: Impossible cases

St. Rita is the patron saint of desperate cases, and her feast day is May 22. After the death of her family, she entered the convent of the Augustinian nuns at Cascia in Umbria. She once asked God to let her suffer like Christ. She was then struck the thorns from the crucifix on the forehead.

The deep wound never healed and caused her much suffering. She died on May 22, 1457 and was canonized in 1900 by Pope Leo XIII.

Answer: St. Epipodius

St. Epipodius has his feast day on April 22. He was an unmarried man of Lyons. He was arrested, imprisoned, and brought before the governor during the persecution of Marcus Aurelius. Readily admitting to being a Christian, the governor attempted to make him lose his faith.

He was unmoved and continued to profess his faith. He was then laid upon a rack, with his sides being rent by iron claws. He was finally beheaded.

Answer: St. Gemma Galgani

St. Gemma Galgani's feast day is April 11. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the spine when she was twenty. Told that it was incurable, she prayed countless novenas to St. Gabriel. She was completely cured on the first Friday of March, 1899. The stigmata appeared intermittently for over eighteen months on her hands and feet.

She was beatified by Pope Pius XI on March 14, 1933. She was canonized by Pope Pius XII on Ascension Day, 1940.

Answer: St. Anthony of Padua

St. Anthony of Padua's feast day is June 13. At fifteen he entered the Order of Regular Canons of St. Augustine. He is also known as the patron of those who have lost something because of the miracle he performed with a Psalter that was stolen and then returned. He devoted his life to preaching the Good News. He died June 13, 1231 and was canonized in 1232 by Pope Gregory IX.

Answer: Desperate cases

St. Jude's feast day is October 28. He was an Apostle of Christ and a brother of St. James the Lesser. He suffered martyrdom in Armenia.

Answer: St. James the Greater

St. James the Greater has his feast day on July 25. He is called the "Greater" to distinguish him from the other Apostle of Christ named James, who is referred to as the "Lesser." He preached the Gospel in Spain and then returned to Jerusalem, where he was the first of the Apostles to be martyred. He was ordered by Herod Agrippa to be beheaded around the feast of Easter in 44.

Answer: St. Ann

St. Ann's feast day is July 26. She is the mother of Mary, the Mother of God. She is often depicted teaching her daughter to read the Scriptures. She is one of many saints who is a patron of mothers.

Answer: St. Mathilda

St. Mathilda's feast day is March 14. She was married to Henry "the Fowler" by her parents. She was a pious queen who commonly visited and comforted the sick, instructed the ignorant, and converted sinners. She died in 968.

Answer: St. Isidore

St. Isidore is commonly known as St. Isidore the Farmer. His feast day is May 15. He spent most of his life as a laborer on a farm outside Madrid. It is said that he was favored with celestial visions and that angels helped him in his field work. He was canonized in 1622. In 1947 the National Rural Life Conference in the United States declared him their patron.

Answer: St. Agnes

St. Agnes has her feast day on January 21. She was martyred during the persecution by Emperor Diocletian around 304 at the age of thirteen. She is one of the most highly regarded Roman martyrs. She was accused of being a Christian by her suitors because she refused them all.

She endured many trials, such as being sent to a house of prostitution and having torture devices placed before her eyes. She was then beheaded. St. Ambrose remarked about her that "she went to the place of execution more cheerfully than others go to their wedding." A church was erected in her honor by Constantine, and she is buried on the Via Nomentana.