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All these questions come from the Encyclopedia of Saints, an invaluable source for finding information on popular and obscure Saints alike. 

You only get one opportunity to answer a question correctly.  If you get it wrong, move on to the next question.  You need at least 8 correct to move on to level 2.  Let's play!

1. Which one of the following was not one of the Twelve Apostles?

Bartholomew
Jude
Mark
Philip

2. The patron saint of scientists is:

Thomas Aquinas
Albert the Great
Justin Martyr
Benedict of Nursia

3. St. Elmo was martyred under Diocletian in 303 and is now the patron of sailors.  What does the term "St. Elmo's Fire" refer to?

Blue light seen on a ship's masthead during a storm
Red sunset seen while at sea
Fire which feeds off a flamable substance and floats on water
Rash that sailors develop due to wind and saltwater

4. What do you call a person undergoing the process of catechesis? 

Cenobite
Catachumen
Tertiary
Deacon

5. Who was the first to be beatified in St. Peter's Basilica (hint: it happened in 1622)?

Philip Neri
John Vianney
Catherine of Siena
Francis de Sales

6. I was born in Spain in 1515 and became a Carmelite nun in 1536.  I experienced visions during my life, and I worked for a stricter observance of the Carmelite rule.  I wrote various works now considered classics of spiritual literature, including Interior Castle.  Who am I?

Clare of Assisi
Helen
Gemma Galgani
Teresa of Avila

7. The first two martyrs of the United States, Juan de Padilla, and Luis de Escalona, were both killed in 1542.  What order did both belong to?

Franciscan
Dominican
Jesuit
Cistercian

8. Which popular early martyr is often depicted in works of art as being bound and pierced by arrows?

Valentine
Sebastian
Jerome
Agnes

9. Whose last words were, "the King's good servant, but God's first"?

Thomas More
Paul
Maximilian Kolbe
Stephen

10. Who was the father of the Blessed Virgin Mary?

Cyril
Simeon
Joachim
Zachariah

 

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