Benedictine Saints

Question 1

St. George also known as:

Answer 1

George of Lydda

Question 2

When did St. George die?

Answer 2

Died 23 April 303

Question 3

St. George was a ____________ of Christianity

Answer 3

Venerated saint

Question 4

When St. George was a soldier which army was he in?

Answer 4

Roman army

Question 5

Who was St. George canonised by?

Answer 5

St George was canonised in AD 494 by Pope Gelasiu

Question 6

Why did he die?

Answer 6

was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith

Question 7

He was also _______ for the Roman emperor

Answer 7

of Cappadocian Greek origin and a member of the Praetorian Guard

Question 8

St. Gerald is also known as?

Answer 8

Gerald of Aurillac

Question 9

He was a _____ saint of the _________ Church

Answer 9

1. French
2. Roman Catholic

Question 10

Who wrote or canonised St. Gerald’s life?

Answer 10

Odo of Cluny

Question 11

Who helped St. Gerald realize his true vocation?

Answer 11

St. Gaubert Bishop of Cahors

Question 12

Seven years before his death, he safflicted with ________

Answer 12

blindness

Question 13

When did St. Gerald die?

Answer 13

909

Question 14

He is the patron saint of the disabled, handicapped, and physically challenged

Answer 14

St. Gerald

Question 15

Although he came from a very wealthy family of nobility in Athens, Greece, he gave his entire fortune to the poor

Answer 15

St. Giles

Question 16

Why would St. Giles fled to the diocese of Nimes in France?

Answer 16

to avoid the adulation of people in his homeland who revered him for his wisdom and piety.

Question 17

Who found St. Giles when he was hinding in a cave alone?

Answer 17

The French king discovered him when his royal hunting party shot an arrow into the cave

Question 18

When did St. Giles die?

Answer 18

Giles died in the early 700s

Question 19

he is the patron saint of the poor the sick cripples, and many others

Answer 19

St. Giles

Question 20

His name was Giles, also known as ____

Answer 20

Aegidus

Question 21

St. Godric also known as

Answer 21

Saint Godric of Finchale

Question 22

came from a poor but virtuous Norfolk family.

Answer 22

St. Godric

Question 23

The past jobs of St. Godric when he was little

Answer 23

peddler, later becoming a merchant and sailor.

Question 24

St. Godric owned and captained the boat that took _______, the first king of Jerusalem, to _____ in the Holy Land

Answer 24

1. Baldwin I
2. Jaffa

Question 25

There are four recorded songs of Saint Godric’s:

Answer 25

they are the oldest songs in English for which the original musical settings survive.

Question 26

St Godric’s most famous song came to him through a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who told him to sing it whenever he was ________, and she would come to his aid:

Answer 26

tempted, weary or in pain

Question 27

St. Gregory is also known as

Answer 27

Saint Gregory 1

Question 28

When was St. Gregory born?

Answer 28

born c. 540 Rome (Italy)

Question 29

When did St. Gregory die?

Answer 29

March 12 604, Rome

Question 30

His apithat the Great reflects his papacy, which status as a writer as well as a ruler

Answer 30

St. Gregory

Question 31

the first exponent of a truly medieval, sacramental spirituality.

Answer 31

St. Gregory

Question 32

State all the Benidictine Saints

Answer 32

St. George
St. Gerald
St. Giles
St. Grodric
St. Gregory