Calendar Saints - The Month of April

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1. Many people who started a monastery or a religious order were canonized. But on April 1st, we celebrate someone who only offered a piece of land to Saint Bruno, who founded there the abbey of Grande Chartreuse. Who was this Bishop of Grenoble, who did not found a monastery but merely donated the land? Guillaume Louis Hugues Charles

2. Who is the patron saint of the internet, celebrated on April 4th? Saint Isidore of Seville Saint Gregory the Great Saint Jerome Saint Gabriel the Archangel

3. April 11th is the feast of St. Marguerite d'Youville. What was her most important contribution to Christianity? She worked in a leprosy colony in Hawaii She founded a hospital in Lambarene, Gabon She worked in Calcutta in the slums She founded the Grey Nuns in Canada

4. Which Pope had his feast day moved from November 12th to April 13th? This Pope shares his name with a very popular Saint venerated on November 11th. Martin I Urban II Alexander VI Gregory I

5. April 16th is the name day of a young girl to whom Our Lady has appeared several times. Who is the Saint venerated on April 16th? Bernadette Constantine Ezekiel Daniel

6. April 18th is the feast day of Apollonius the Apologist, a second century martyr. What does his epithet "the Apologist" mean? Poor in Spirit Hungry for Righteousness Pure in Heart Defender of the Faith

7. April 19th is the name day of Saint Gerold. Which animal helped him to build his hermitage (according to the legend, of which a manuscript is conserved in the Priory of St. Gerold, Austria)? A cow A bee A bear An eagle

8. One of the Doctors of the Church is Saint Anselm, venerated on April 21st. Where was he appointed Archbishop in 1093? Singapore Canterbury Melbourne Toronto

9. Which patron saint of England has his name day on April 23rd? Saint George Saint Jadwiga Saint Edith Stein Saint Cyril and Methodius

10. Which Evangelist is venerated on April 25th? Please answer with the English orthography. Omit the word "Saint" or any abbreviation - you need only the first name. Answer: (One Word - Venice)