Lasallian Saints

Question 1

He was a French school teacher
and member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

Answer 1

Saint Benilde Romancon (Benildus Romançon, F.S.C.)

Question 2

St. Benilde was born on ___

Answer 2

June 14, 1805 (Puy-de-Dôme, France)

Question 3

St. Benilde died on ____

Answer 3

August 13, 1862 (Saugues, France)

Question 4

St. Benilde was beatified on ___

Answer 4

April 4 1948 by Pope Pius XII

Question 5

St. Benilde was canonized on ___

Answer 5

October 29, 1967 by Pope Paul VI

Question 6

Benilde’s major shrine

Answer 6

Saugues

Question 7

He was a Belgian member of the
Brothers of Christian Schools, who spent his life as a teacher and is
honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.

Answer 7

Saint Mutien-Marie Wiaux, F.S.C.

Question 8

St. Mutien was born on

Answer 8

March 20, 1841 (Les Bons Villers, Belgium)

Question 9

St. Mutien died on

Answer 9

January 30, 1917 (Namur, Belgium)

Question 10

Mutien was beatified on

Answer 10

October 30, 1977

Question 11

Feast day of Benilde

Answer 11

August 13

Question 11

Mutien was canonized on

Answer 11

December 10, 1989, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II

Question 12

Feast day of St. Mutien

Answer 12

January 30

Question 13

Was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic religious brother.

Answer 13

Francisco Luis Febres-Cordero y Muñoz, known as Saint Miguel Febres Cordero and more popularly as Brother Miguel

Question 14

St. Miguel was born on

Answer 14

November 07, 1854 (Cuenca, Ecuador)

Question 15

Miguel died on

Answer 15

February 09, 1910 (Premia de Mar Spain)

Question 16

Miguel was canonized on

Answer 16

October 21, 1984, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II

Question 17

Miguel’s Patronage

Answer 17

De La Salle Brothers, Ecuador, Teacher, Writer

Question 18

Miguel was beatified on

Answer 18

October 30, 1977

Question 19

He was a Catalan Roman Catholic and a professed religious from the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Answer 19

Saint Jaime Hilario Barbal - born Manuel Barbal i Cosín -

Question 20

Jaime was born on

Answer 20

January 02,1898 (Lleida, Spain)

Question 21

Jaime died on

Answer 21

January 18, 1937 (Tarragona, Spain)

Question 22

Jaime was beatified on

Answer 22

April 29, 1990

Question 23

Jaime was canonized on

Answer 23

November 21, 1999, Saint Peter’s Square,
Vatican City by Pope John Paul II

Question 24

A person who is officially recognized by
the Christian Church as being very holy
because of the way he or she lived

Answer 24

Saint

Question 25

A title given to the Servants of God after the state of their heroic virtue or martyrdom has been proved and a solemn decree to that effect has been signed by the Pope. (Etym. Latin venerabilis, from venerari, to regard with religious awe.)

Answer 25

Venerable

Question 26

A declaration by the Pope as head of the Church that one
of the deceased faithful lived a holy life and/or died a
martyr’s death and is now dwelling in heaven. As a process,
the beatification consists of a years-long examination of the
life, virtues, writings, and reputation for holiness of the
servant of God under consideration.

Answer 26

Beatification

Question 27

Declaration by the Pope that a deceased person
is raised to the full honors of the altar, i.e., a saint
after previously having been beatified. Two
miracles credited to the beatus (feminine: beata)
are usually required before canonization to attest
the heroic virtue of the saint.

Answer 27

Canonization

Question 28

First Martyr of the Brothers of
the Christian School Saint

Answer 28

Brother Solomon Leclercq (Nicholas Leclercq)

Question 29

Solomon was born on

Answer 29

November 14, 1745 (France)

Question 30

Solomon makes his
First Communion

Answer 30

1757

Question 31

What age did Solomon joined the De La Salle Brothers

Answer 31

22, May 17 1768

Question 32

The French Revolution erupted
with the Fall of the Bastille
Prison on

Answer 32

July 14, 1789

Question 33

About fifty “revolutionaries” broke
into the Brothers’ house

Answer 33

August 15, 1792 in Rue Neuve in Paris

Question 34

The revolutionaries took Solomon to

Answer 34

Carmelite Prison

Question 35

Brother Solomon was killed by the sword for refusing to take the oath of the Civil Constitution on

Answer 35

September 2, 1792 at 46

Question 36

Brother Solomon,
together with a group of
191 victims of the
September massacres,
were beatified on

Answer 36

October 17, 1926 by Pope Pius XI

Question 37

Solomon was canonized on (because of survival of a child from poisonous snake)

Answer 37

October 16, 2016 by Pope Francis