Individual Saints Trivia

1. Saint Augustine of Hippo was born Aurelius Augustinus in 354 in the city of Thagaste, which is part of present day country?

From Quiz Christianity: Saint Augustine of Hippo

Answer: Algeria

Now a municipality of Algeria called Souk Ahras, Thagaste was a Roman-Berber city, in what is now Algeria. Souk Ahras was built on the ruins of Thagaste.

From Quiz Francis of Assisi

Answer: Italy

Francis really did come from Assisi, (now in Italy), and some pilgrims still visit the town in honour of him. Assisi's modern day location is in central Italy in the Umbria region, which is also where the Latin poet Sextus Propertius was born. He spent most of his life in Italy, leaving the country only to preach.

From Quiz St. Valentine: Martyr or Myth?

Answer: Rome

One of the reasons that St. Valentine was removed from the General Roman Calendar was because there were so many saints named Valentine that it was difficult to tell them all apart. Valentine, a named that comes from the Latin "valens", means "worthy", "strong", and "powerful"; it was an extremely popular name during the later years of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Dark Ages. According to "Catholic Online", there are twelve saints that are named Valentine and more than one is associated with February 14. One of the them was from Africa and was said to have died in Africa. The other two are believed by many to have been the same person. One, called St. Valentine of Terni, was a bishop who was sentenced to death in Rome in 270 AD; the other, called St. Valentine of Rome was a priest who was executed in Rome in 269 AD. Both were from Italy, sentenced to death by the same person, and were reportedly buried in the same location.

From Quiz Saint Kateri Tekakwitha of the Mohawk

Answer: She was permanently scarred and her eyesight was damaged.

Tekakwitha was adopted by her aunt and her husband. The oldest stories claim she was neglected, but that is most likely bias against the "savages". Mohawk customs, and the fact she was a chief's daughter, dictated that she would have been well cared for.

From Quiz St. Perpetua: Early Church Martyr

Answer: She was a married noblewoman and the daughter of a nobleman

Perpetua had many benefits from being raised as the daughter of a nobleman. She knew how to read and write, which was a rare gift from her family -- most women were not trained to do this. This gift would come in handy when Perpetua would later write a record of her martyrdom. She also had elite status because she was married to a nobleman. However there is no record of Perpetua's husband where her recorded story begins. Scholars speculate on whether her husband had died or if he had abandoned her for being a Christian, which was common in that time period.

From Quiz Saint George

Answer: White

In Orthodox icons St George is always on a white horse while St Demetrius is shown on a red horse. Both were soldiers. St George is shown slaying a dragon whilst St Demetrius is slaying a gladiator.

From Quiz St. Bernadette Soubirous

Answer: Maria

Bernadette was born Maria Bernada Sobirós, named after her mother's sister who was also her godmother. However, she was known by the nickname Bernadette all her life. She was born on the seventh of January 1844, and baptised two days later, on her parent's wedding anniversary.

From Quiz Saint Peter Canisius

Answer: He wrote on specific Catholic doctrines in light of the Reformation.

Saint Peter Canisius wrote and preached during the Reformation in Germany; his works included three catechisms which he published in Latin and German. His "German catechism" is highly influential and a very important work, contributing to an even greater accomplishment of his: Restoration.

From Quiz St. Augustine of Hippo

Answer: 0

If you answered anything other than zero, you're probably thinking of St. Augustine of Canterbury, the missionary who brought Christianity to the Anglo-Saxons in England. He lived about 200 years after St. Augustine of Hippo. Now that we've got that settled, on with the questions about St. Augustine of Hippo.

From Quiz St. Raphael of Brooklyn

Answer: Lebanon

He was born on November 20, 1860. His parents were Mikhail and Maryam Hawaweeny. They later moved to Damascus, Syria.

From Quiz St. John of Kronstadt

Answer: Soura

Soura is a small town in northern Russia. It is in the province of Arkhangelsk. St. John returned to visit the place every year.

From Quiz St. Innocent of Alaska

Answer: Anginskoye

The town was in the province of Irkutsk. The child's given name was Ivan.

From Quiz The Short and Amazing Life of St. Philomena

Answer: Daughter of light

Philomena is the enlightener of a dark and corrupt world. Her name was originally spelled Filumena. This is now more commonly understood to be a Romanisation of a Greek word meaning beloved.

From Quiz St. Nicholas (The Original Santa Claus)

Answer: Turkey

Asia Minor (called Lesser Asia by the Romans) comprised much of the Asiatic part of what is now known as Turkey. Nicholas was born in Patara, a seafaring port in Lycia (which partly accounts for his patronage of sailors). He was appointed bishop of the somewhat derelict diocese of Myra (now Demre), which he transformed by his holiness and good works.

From Quiz Mother Teresa

Answer: Albanian

Mother Teresa was born to an Albanian family in Skopje (now in Macedonia) on August 26, 1910. She had one older sister and one older brother. Her upbringing was grounded in her religion, which was derived from her parents. In writing this quiz, I am grateful to the booklet on Mother Teresa published by the Catholic Truth Society and written by Jim Gallagher, for information contained therein and reproduced here in this quiz.

From Quiz Saint Thomas More

Answer: London in England

Saint Thomas was born in London in 1478. In his youth he did work in the service of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Also, he did study law at Oxford as well as London. In his career in public life the king did send him on diplomatic and commercial missions to Flanders. However, basically London was where he was born and died. As a student I was interested to see that there was a building in the Supreme Courts of Justice off the Strand in London called the Thomas More Building. The hearings conducted in the building included divorce cases.

From Quiz St. Maximilian Kolbe

Answer: Raymond

His nickname as a child was "Raymie." He took the name Maximilian upon entering the Franciscan order.

From Quiz Life of Saint Stanislaus Kostka

Answer: Poland

Kostka was born in a small village called Rostkowo located about 55 miles (89 km) north of Warsaw in Poland. He was the second son of the family, which had seven children in all, with his older brother being the one with whom he spent most time.

From Quiz Christianity: Saint Augustine of Hippo

Answer: Berbers

The Berbers are mostly spread throughout North Africa, mainly in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia. They are also found in Mauritania in smaller numbers, as well as parts of Niger and Mali.

From Quiz St. Valentine: Martyr or Myth?

Answer: It was the date he was martyred.

Whether we are speaking of St. Valentine of Rome or St. Valentine of Terni - assuming, of course, that they are two different people - both were martyred on February 14. Interestingly, both died in basically the same way. In both cases, the emperor's wrath and subsequent condemnation were said to have been caused by the fact that St. Valentine had tried to convert him to Christianity. Both executions were carried out in a similar fashion, and were recorded as occurring along the Via Flaminia, a road that led north from Rome to the city of Ariminum.

From Quiz Saint Kateri Tekakwitha of the Mohawk

Answer: The French burned Ossernenon.

The French attacked and burned all the villages on the south bank of the Mohawk River. Today, the villages destroyed by the French would be located near the town of Auriesville, New York. The village of Caughnawha has been excavated, and is located just outside the town of Fonda, New York.

From Quiz St. Bernadette Soubirous

Answer: Miller

Her mother was a laundress. Bernadette's mother gave birth to nine children, but only five survived babyhood and their early years. One more died at age 10. The family lived in a single room with no heating, so it isn't surprising that five children died early.

From Quiz Saint Peter Canisius

Answer: Netherlands

Saint Peter Canisius or Peter Kanis was born in the Netherlands. He joined The Society of Jesus at the University of Cologne. In 1543, Saint Peter Canisius became the first Dutchman to join the Jesuits.

From Quiz Good King Wenceslas

Answer: Brewers

St. Wenceslaus shares the patronage of brewers with St. Luke the Evangelist and St. Augustine of Hippo amongst others. The Czech Republic is home to many beers, including the original Budweiser (known as Budvar), which came from the Bohemian town of Budweis.

From Quiz St. Augustine of Hippo

Answer: Algeria

Augustus was born in 354. His family owned farmland near Thagaste, which was then in the Roman province of Numidia. The town is now called Souk Ahras and is in Algeria. Most people in North Africa were Christians until the Arab conquests.

From Quiz St. Isaac the Syrian

Answer: Enter a monastery.

In the 600s, several countries in the Middle East were predominantly Christian. This was prior to the schism between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, in the 11th century.

From Quiz St. John of Kronstadt

Answer: Charity

St. John was known for his dedication to the poor. He would travel as far as necessary, even to remote areas of the vast Russian countryside, in order to reach those who needed his help.

From Quiz St. Innocent of Alaska

Answer: Unalaska

Unalaska is an island. St. Innocent, then a priest, was dispatched there in 1823 by Bishop Michael of Irkutsk.

From Quiz The Short and Amazing Life of St. Philomena

Answer: Purity, obedience, and humility

One can be drawn to the Immaculate Heart of Mary through imitation of the three virtues above.

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