Catholic Saints

Question 1

First person born in what would be the U.S. to be canonized; established the first Catholic girls’ school and founded the Sisters of Charity

Answer 1

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Question 2

Welsh bishop; patron saint of Wales

Answer 2

Saint David

Question 3

the act of conferring sainthood

Answer 3

canonization

Question 4

The “Maid of Orleans,” declared a national symbol of France by Napolean; patron saint of soldiers and captives

Answer 4

Saint Joan of Arc

Question 5

Italian friar who founded his own mendicant order; patron saint of animals as well as one of the patron saints of Italy

Answer 5

Saint Francis of Assisi

Question 6

Early martyr who is the patron saint of travellers (his most famous legend tells that he carried a child, who was unknown to him, across a river before the child revealed himself as Christ)

Answer 6

Saint Christopher

Question 7

Apostle crucified in Rome under Nero; considered the first pope (Bishop of Rome); his birth name was Simon

Answer 7

Saint Peter

Question 8

Patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes

Answer 8

Saint Jude the Apostle

Question 9

Cousin of Jesus who was also a prophet; beheaded by Herod; patron saint of Quebec where his feast day is a provincial holiday

Answer 9

Saint John the Baptist (Saint Jean Baptiste)

Question 10

The mother of Mary, named only in the apocrypha

Answer 10

Saint Anne

Question 11

Author of one of the Gospels who founded the Church of Alexandria; his symbol is the winged lion

Answer 11

Saint Mark

Question 12

He persecuted early Christians until, when traveling on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus, Jesus appeared to him in a great light. He was struck blind, but after three days his sight was restored and became an apostle (“the apostle of the Gentiles”); approximately half of the book of Acts deals with his life and works.

Answer 12

Saint Paul (born Saul of Tarsus)

Question 13

Apostle and brother of Saint Peter; referred to in Orthodox tradition as the First-Called and his successor is the Patriarch of Constantinople; also the patron saint of Scotland

Answer 13

Saint Andrew the Apostle

Question 14

Allegedly first bishop of Paris; a martyr and a patron saint of France

Answer 14

Saint Denis

Question 15

Early martyr who was tied to a tree and shot with arrows, a popular subject in 17th-century painting

Answer 15

Saint Sebastian

Question 16

A group of saints venerated together because their intercession is believed to be particularly effective, especially against various disease; originated in the 14th century, largely as a result of the bubonic plague epidemic.

Answer 16

Fourteen Holy Helpers (which includes Saint Christopher, Saint Barbara, etc.)

Question 17

19th century French Carmelite nun known as “The Little Flower” and called by Pope Pius X as “the greatest saint of modern times;” died of tuberculosis at age 24

Answer 17

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Question 18

Apostle who is the patron saint of Spain

Answer 18

Saint James (Santiago)

Question 19

Castilian priest and founder of a mendicant order; the patron saint of astronomers

Answer 19

Saint Dominic

Question 20

Fifth-century Roman-British missionary; patron saint of Ireland

Answer 20

Saint Patrick

Question 21

Husband of Mary and a model for fathers; patron saint of workers

Answer 21

Saint Joseph

Question 22

French priest; patron saint of charities and volunteers

Answer 22

Saint Vincent de Paul

Question 23

Patron saint of armourers, artillerymen, military engineers, miners and others who work with explosives because of her legend’s association with lightning (and also of mathematicians).

Answer 23

Saint Barbara

Question 24

The first title bestowed (usually by a bishop) in the process of canonization

Answer 24

Servant of God (“Servus Dei”)

Question 25

Polish pop who he beatified 1340 and canonised 483 people, more than the combined tally of his predecessors during the preceding five centuries

Answer 25

Pope John Paul II

Question 26

Bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; wrote The City of God and Confessions; a hard-partier in his youth, now the patron saint of those struggling with addiction

Answer 26

Saint Augustine

Question 27

Italian Dominican friar; philosopher known as the Doctor Angelicus; wrote Summa Theologiae; patron saint of academics

Answer 27

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Question 28

Early Christian bishop from a Greek city in Asia Minor; patron saint of children (one famous legend says that for three nights, he dropped sacks of gold through the window of an impoverished father to provide dowries for his three daughters)

Answer 28

Saint Nicholas

Question 29

Early martyr; patron saint of musicians

Answer 29

Saint Cecilia

Question 30

the step before canonization: a statement of the Church that the Venerable is in Heaven and saved

Answer 30

beatification (which bestows the title of Blessed)

Question 31

Two brothers and Christian missionaries who were the Apostles to the Slav; credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet

Answer 31

Saints Cyril and Methodius

Question 32

Apostle who was martyred by being flayed alive and is often depicted in art holding his flayed skin; his feast day was a popular day for fairs

Answer 32

Saint Bartholomew

Question 33

Founder of Western Christian monasticism; his Rule was the foundational document for religious communities in the Middle Ages

Answer 33

Saint Benedict (of Nursia)

Question 34

First Native North American to be canonized; known as Lily of the Mohawks

Answer 34

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha

Question 35

Member of Diocletian’s Praetorian Guard who was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his faith; dragon-slayer and patron saint of England, where his cross is the national flag.

Answer 35

Saint George

Question 36

Doctor of the Church associated with the Dominican order who was the author of The Dialogue of Divine Providence; patron saint of Rome, Italy, and Europe

Answer 36

Saint Catherine of Siena

Question 37

Portuguese Franciscan friar; patron saint of finding lost items (as well as lost people and lost souls)

Answer 37

Saint Anthony (of Padua)

Question 38

As the archangel who is the leader of God’s army, he was the patron saint of chivalry and now is the patron saint of police, paramedics, and the military.

Answer 38

Michael

Question 39

First female Doctor of the church; author of The Interior Castle, part of Spanish Renaissance literature

Answer 39

Saint Teresa of Avila

Question 40

Missionary who propagated Christianity among Franks and Saxons; patron saint of Germany and the Netherlands

Answer 40

Saint Boniface

Question 41

Albanian nun and missionary who spent most of her life in India; founded Missionaries of Charity; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Answer 41

Saint Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa)

Question 42

A princess, scholar, and Great Martyr (whose legend was possibly based on the person of Hypatia, with the roles of Christians and pagans reversed); one of those (along with Saint Margaret) who appeared to Joan of Arc

Answer 42

Saint Catherine of Alexandria (or Saint Catherine of the Wheel)

Question 43

the two types of saints: those who died for their faith and those who “bore witness” to their Faith by how they lived

Answer 43

martyr and confessor

Question 44

Apostle who was known as “Doubting” because he at first doubted the Resurrection; patron saint of India

Answer 44

Saint Thomas

Question 45

French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France in 1625 and worked primarily with the Huron before being killed following an Iroquois raid.

Answer 45

Saint Jean de Brébeuf