PART OF THIS COMPREHENSION EXERCISE IS TO LOOK UP THE SAINT IN THE INDEX. ANSWERS SHOULD BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

Our Lady, Queen of All Saints

1. Why is Mary called a ‘queen?’

2. What does she give to those who ask (which were earned by Jesus)?

3. How did Mary get to heaven?

Thomas Aquinas

1. What did Jesus say Thomas had done well?

2. What did Thomas had a great love for?

3. What religious order in the Church did he belong to?

Aloysius Gonzaga

1. What was his personal motto?

2. What group is Aloysius the patron saint of? Why do you think he is the patron of this group?

3. What did he look at as he died at age 23?

St. Christopher

1. What does ‘Christopher’ mean?

2. Write a paragraph which summarizes the information about St. Christopher.

John Eudes

1. What did his followers, the ‘Eudists,’ wear?

2. What did John have a great zeal for?

3. What is his feast day?

Peter Claver

1. What group of people did Peter primarily minister to?

2. Write a 2-3 sentence paragraph about Peter.

Vincent Ferrer

1. How many countries did Vincent preach in?

2. What kind of work did he devote his life to?

3. How many people claimed to be Pope during the time he preached?

Catherine of Siena

1. How did Catherine prepare herself for the ‘special work’ God had for her?

2. She successfully convinced the Pope to do what?

3. What did she offer her suffering ‘up’ for?

Mary Magdalen

1. Where did Mary first see Jesus?

2. When is the last recorded time she saw Jesus?

3. What did she do to show her thanks for Jesus forgiving her sins/ (2-3 things)

Isaac Jogues

1. Where did Isaac serve as a missionary, and, where did he die?

2. Was Isaac’s escaping from the Iroquois God’s will? How do you know?

3. How (Isaac Jogues) did he die?

Pius X

1. What was Pope St. Pius X’s motto for his papacy?

2. What method did he promote to help Christians lead good, holy lives?

3. What was his name before he became Pope? Was he born wealthy?

Stanislaus Koska

1. Who cured Stanislaus in a serious illness as a teenger?

2. What were three sources of persecution/hardship in the life of the saint?

3. On what feast day did he die and at what age?

Nicholas

1. What are three groups of people he especially ministered to and who love him?

2. What modern character is based on Nicholas?

3. What country honors Nicholas as patron saint?

Thomas the Apostle

1. Why is he called ‘doubting’ Thomas?

2. What two regions did he preach in after the Ascension (modern names - use an atlas!)?

3. Since he was called ‘didymus,’ what other family member can we assume he had?

Charles Borromeo

1. What offices was he appointed to at age twenty two.

2. His love of teaching and learning made him the patron of what two groups?

3. What proofs do we have the he did not live a lavish (rich) lifestyle?

St. Bridget

1. Did Bridget and her husband divorce?

2. What event in Christ’s life did she have a special love for?

3. What special honor did the Church give one of her children?

Rose of Lima

1. What continent is Rose the first saint from?

2. Why did she work night and day?

3. To thank her for her effort for the poor and sinner, how did Christ often appear to her?

Matthew the Evangelist

1. What secular occupation did Matthew hold prior to following Jesus?

2. What group of people did Matthew particularly address his Gospel to?

3. What other country, aside from Judea, did he preach in?

Leo the Great

1. What two pagan warriors were stopped from destroying Rome by Leo?

2. What was the purpose of the Council of Chalcedon?

3. What supernatural figure helped Leo stop Attila?

John of God

1. What two kinds of people did John especially love?

2. How old was John before he started to do penance for his sinful life?

3. What was John’s motto?

Bernadette (Soubirous)

1. What colors did the lady wear who asked her to pray the rosary?

2. What did the mysterious lady call herself?

3. What happened when Bernadette dug in the ground next to the grotto?

Sebasian

1. How did the pagan Sebastian bring Christ’s healing to a fellow soldier’s wife?

2. Did the arrows kill Sebastian?

3. How was his body’s location found before burial in the catacombs?

Francis de Sales

1. What three methods did he use to bring many back to the faith?

2. What is the name of the Order he founded?

3. What city did was he appointed bishop of?

Gregory the Great

1. What country was of special missionary interest to Gregory?

2. What were two main subjects of his writings?

3. What groups of people is Gregory the patron of?

Benedict Labre

1. What did Benedict always carry with him?

2. In what role did he live his life for Christ?

3. What types of religious sites did he visit?

Philip Neri

1. What two sacraments did Philip encourage in frequency for the faithful?

2. What was the name given to Philip’s teaching and preaching companions?

3. What type of holiness did Philip practice and preach.

Boniface

1. What country was his object of mission?

2. What are some of the tasks he undertook?

3. How many other Christians died with Boniface in Holland?

John the Baptist

1. Why was John put in prison by King Herod?

2. How did John describe himself?

3. What are some of the ways John did penance (denied himself)?

Cyril and Methodius

1. How were these two men related to each other?

2. What countries did the men evangelize?

3. What did Methodius create that helped the Slavic people?

Thomas More

1. Which ‘king’ did Thomas believe should be honored more?

2. How did Thomas die?

3. Why did Thomas die?

Gabriel of our Lady

1. What three things characterized Gabriel?

2. When did miracles associated with Gabriel occur?

3. Why is he called ‘of our Lady of Sorrows?’

John Bosco

1. What two things did John recommend to make boys (and others) holy?

2. What group of people did John and the Salesians concentrate their ministry on?

3. How did John attract boys to listen to his (and other’s) sermons?

Louise de Marillac

1. What famous saint had a great influence on Louise?

2. Who did Louise say we should honor the poor like?

3. Was Louise alone after her husband died? Why?

Gemma Galgani

1. What did Gemma suffer from throughout her life?

2. How old was she when she died?

3. What order was she a member of?

George

1. What does the ‘dragon’ that St. George fought symbolize?

2. What was his first occupation?

3. Where is he buried?

Rita

1. Did Rita hate her cruel husband? How do you know?

2. What caused the wound in her head?

3. Did Rita get her first desire in life?

Angela Merici

1. What were the parents in her home town neglecting to do?

2. What Order did she found?

3. What was their primary work?

John Mary Vianney

1. What group is he the patron of?

2. Was becoming a priest easy for John? Why?

3. How long did he often spend hearing confessions?

Matthew the Evangelist

1. What group did Matthew direct his Gospel to?

2. What occupation did he have before he became an Apostle?

3. What country did he go as a missionary?

Michael the Archangel

1. What does the name Michael mean?

2. Who is Michael guardian and protector of now?

3. What was the sin of Lucifer (Satan)?

Bernard

1. What question did he ask himself every day?

2. What did he do at the command of the Pope?

3. What were his two main duties in life?

Jane Frances de Chantal

1. Who was her spiritual director?

2. What did St. Vincent say she was full of?

3. How many convents did her order have before her death?

Augustine

1. Whose preaching greatly influenced Augustine’s conversion?

2. On what continent was he born? On what continent did he serve as bishop?

3. What saint’s prayer’s led to his conversion?

Edward

1. What did Edward do daily?

2. Had his body decomposed over 500 years after his death?

3. How many years was Edward out of his country on crusades, etc.

Ignatius Loyola

1. What book did God use to change the saint’s life?

2. At whose disposal (command) were Ignatius and his order pledged to?

3. What is a shorter name for the Society of Jesus.

Jerome

1. What and where did Jerome do for four years?

2. Where is Jerome’s body today?

3. What was his greatest accomplishment for the Church?

Stephen

1. What office in the Church did Stephen hold?

2. Who did Stephen see (name) when looking into heaven at the point of death?

3. How were Stephen and six others ‘ordained’ to their office?

Barnabas

1. What group did Barnabas direct most of his efforts toward?

2. How and where did he die?

3. What saint did he help to bring into the Church?

John Nepomucene Neumann

1. How many languages did he speak?

2. What did he do ‘first’ in the United States?

3. What did he pioneer in Phildelphia?

Martin of Tours

1. How many years did he serve in the Roman army before being baptized?

2. Who was the beggar he gave half of his cloak to?

3. Who is Martin the patron of?

Maria Soledad

1. Who were Maria and her Order especially devoted to?

2. Where was she born? Where did she die?

3. Where did she and her Order care for many of the sick (not a city)?

Ignatius of Antioch

1. How many letters did he write on the way to Rome?

2. Was Ignatius put to death in Antioch?

3. What to things did he especially urge Christians to do in his letters?

Ambrose

1. What heresy was Ambrose a strong opponent of?

2. What does the beehive in the picture stand for?

3. What honor did the Church confer on him because of his writings on doctrine?

John of the Cross

1. What does ‘Discalced’ mean?

2. What two things did he say should ‘fill’ our life?

3. Did all Carmelites approve of his reforming efforts? How do you know?

Agnes

1. What did the twelve-year-old Agnes do when ordered to offer incense to Minerva?

2. What happened to the man who looked sinfully at Agnes being paraded in the street?

3. What Latin word is her name taken from, and what does it mean?

Patrick

1. What office did Patrick hold when he returned to Ireland?

2. What plant did Patrick use to illustrate the concept of the Trininty?

3. True of false: Patrick was born and died in Ireland.

Mark

1. From which apostle did Mark get most of the information for his Gospel?

2. In what country did Mark establish the first Christian school?

3. What other prominent apostle did Mark serve with?

Peregrine

1. Why is he the patron of cancer patients?

2. Who appeared to him and told him to become a religious?

3. Who did Peregrine knock down? Who received Peregrine into the Servants of Mary?

Peter

1. Where was Peter’s head when he was crucified?

2. Peter was the first to hold what office?

3. What does the name Peter mean?

Anne

1. What relation was Anne to Jesus?

2. How did Anne and Joachim respond to their inability to have children?

3. What did they have Mary do at an early age to show thanks to God?

Helen (Helena)

1. How old was Helen when she went to find the Holy Cross?

2. How did she determine which was the ‘true’ cross on which Jesus died?

3. Who was Helen’s son? What was he the ‘first’ to be?

Francis of Assisi

1. What did Francis give up to serve God?

2. What did Francis receive from God as a supernatural sign?

3. What group of laity is St. Francis the patron of?

Joachim

1. Where did Joachim and his family live?

2. Where are the bodies Joachim and his wife buried in Jerusalem?

3. Who was the wife and daughter of Joachim?

Lawrence

1. What did Lawrence say were the real ‘treasure’ of the Church?

2. What church office did he hold?

3. When he was being roasted, how did he react?

Therese of the Child Jesus

1. What supernatural sign accompanied her healing at age eight?

2. What is the ‘Little Way’ of St. Therese mean?

3. What type of flower is associated most with the ‘Little Flower?”

Barbara

1. What was her pagan father’s first reaction to her conversion?

2. What happened to her father when he did behead her?

3. Why is Barbara patron of prisoners?

Lucy

1. What did Lucy say her body was the ‘temple’ of?

2. What allowed death to take Lucy’s body?

3. Who caused Lucy to be tortured and killed?

John the Evangelist

1. What special person was entrusted to John’s care during the last part of his life?

2. How old was John when he wrote his Gospel?

3. What painful experience did God allow John to survive in Rome?

Pius V

1. What group of foreigners threatened the Church?

2. Did Pius V call or carry out the reforms of the Council of Trent?

3. What does CCD stand for?

Maximilian Kolbe

1. What was the name of the magazine he published?

2. On what day did he die?

3. How did he die?

Francis Xavier

1. What country asked for missionaries to go to India?

2. Besides India, what other two countries did he attempt to preach?

3. What symbolizes he widespread missions, and what symbolizes his love of souls?

Andrew

1. Who was Andrew’s brother?

2. What letter is similar to the cross on which he died?

3. Besides Greece, what are two other countries in which he evangelized?

Catherine Laboure

1. Who was Catherine married to?

2. What sacramental did the Virgin Mary reveal to Catherine?

3. In what country did Catherine live out her life?

Martin de Porres

1. What supernatural gift did God give Martin at times?

2. How much of Martin’s life was spent in poverty?

3. On what continent did Martin live?

Anthony Mary Claret

1. What two countries did Anthony spend most of his life in?

2. What were the two main subjects of his preaching and writing?

3. What are the members of his Order called (short version)?

Bartholomew

1. What other name was he called in the Bible?

2. How did he die?

3. Where was most of his missionary activity?

Elizabeth Ann Seton

1. Was Elizabeth born a Catholic. If not, when did she convert?

2. What city did she establish her girl’s school?

3. True or False: she was the first American citizen to become a saint.

Cecilia

1. Why is she the patron saint of music?

2. What two methods were used to try to kill her?

3. Where was she originally buried?

Elizabeth

1. What did she build at the base of the mountain on which her castle stood?

2. What did the bread she took to the poor look like to her husband?

3. What country did she live in?

Jude Thaddeus

1. How did he cure the King of Edessa (reason for the shield and image)?

2. When Jude cast devils out of pagan idols, what happened to the statues?

3. How did he die as a martyr in Persia?

Raphael the Archangel

1. How many Bible books does Raphael appear in?

2. What does ‘Raphael’ mean?

3. Aside from healing Tobit, what did he do for Tobiah?

Teresa of Avila

1. ‘All things pass away’ but what never changes?

2. Whose intercession cured her of a childhood illness?

3. What was constant in her life?

Luke the Evangelist

1. Was Luke among Jesus’ followers before the Resurrection?

2. What two New Testament books did he write?

3. Luke was skilled in art, but what was his actual profession?

Margaret Mary Alacoque

1. What devotion did Jesus reveal to Margaret Mary?

2. The thorns in Christ’s heart represent sacrifice...what do the flames symbolize?

3. What day was special among the Twelve Promises?

Gerard Majella

1. Why was he called the ‘wonder-worker?’

2. What did he suffer in silence?

3. What did Gerard want most to ‘be done?’

Tarcisius

1. What did he die trying to protect?

2. What Church office did he hold?

3. What happened to the Sacred host that he carried?

Clare

1. What saint was a great help to Clare?

2. What did she give up to become a religious?

3. What caused an enemy to flee before attacking her convent?

John Berchmans

1. What group is John the patron saint of?

2. What three things did he treasure most?

3. Was John a priest when he died?

Paul the Apostle

1. How did Paul die?

2. What was his original attitude toward Christians?

3. What are the letters that are included in the New Testament called?

Anthony of Padua

1. What part of his body did not decay after thirty-two years?

2. What did Anthony do very well?

3. What took place in great numbers after his death?

Dominic

1. What does the dog with flaming stick symbolize (which his mother dreamed)?

2. What spiritual weapon did the Virgin Mary give Dominic?

3. What did Dominic preach against most?

Alphonsus Liguori

1. What did he do everyday prior to training for the priesthood?

2. What was the main subject of his writing and preaching?

3. What did he vow to never waste?

James the Greater

1. What honor did James have before any other Apostle?

2. Who was James’ brother?

3. How many others were with Jesus in the Transfiguration and in the Garden of Olives?

Vincent de Paul

1. How did Vincent influence his last ‘master’ to release him?

2. What group gained special attention of Vincent?

3. How old was he when he died?

Bonaventure

1. What was the source of his learning?

2. What saint gave Bonaventure his name and what does it mean?

3. What honor, aside from sainthood, did the Church bestow on him?

Camillus of Lellis

1. What humbling thing did he do at age thirty-two?

2. Camillus saw the sick as living images of who?

3. What is he patron saint of, reflecting his life’s work?

Maria Goretti

1. What (Christian virtue) did Maria show most strongly at the end of her life?

2. By what instrument did she meet her death?

3. What virtue motivated her resistance to her attacker, and reflects her example to others?

Basil the Great

1. What two things did Basil defend the Christians against?

2. What deadly sin tempted him?

3. How many other members of his family became saints?

John Nepomucene

1. Why was John put to death?

2. What appeared on the water when he drowned?

3. What did his parents consecrate him to?

John Baptist de la Salle

1. What was the main ministry of John and his Order?

2. How did he change the classroom in which children were taught?

3. What did he had a great devotion to?

Madeleine Sophie Barat

1. What did she urge members of her Order to labor for?

2. How many houses of her Order did she establish?

3. What was the new Order dedicated to?

Joan of Arc

1. What heavenly being did she have a strong devotion to?

2. What was written on her banner as she went into battle?

3. What country benefitted from Joan’s obedience to God?

Dymphna

1. What sinful thing did her father determine to do?

2. What country did she live in most of her life?

3. What happened to Dymphna and her confessor, St. Gerebran?

Robert Bellarmine

1. What Vatican organization did Robert head?

2. What did he defend the Church against?

3. What type of teaching guide did he write two of?

Philip and James

1. Which of these saints was related to Jesus?

2. How did St. Philip die?

3. How did St. James die?

Dominic Savio

1. What saint was Dominic close to?

2. What two sacraments did he receive often?

3. What did he describe on his deathbed?

Peter Canisius

1. What did he have a vision of in St. Peter’s?

2. What country most from his teaching efforts?

3. What two things was he known for?

Paul of the Cross

1. What do the Passionists have on the badge of their Order?

2. What country benefitted from his preaching and ministry?

3. What part of Jesus’ earthly ministry did Paul emphasize?

Isidore the Famer

1. Who helped Isidore maintain his share of the work?

2. What did he never miss?

3. Aside from the nobleman, who was the master that Isidore served?

Joseph

1. What occupation did Joseph have?

2. How did God speak to Joseph?

3. What is he the patron of?

Isidore of Seville

1. What did he produce a large amount of?

2. Was learning always easy for him? How do you know?

3. What four roles did he fill as Archbishop of Seville?

Gabriel the Archangel

1. What role (job) did Gabriel most often fill?

2. What Old Testament prophet mentions Gabriel?

3. What two words of Gabriel are most often repeated?

Francis Cabrini

1. Where did Leo XIII send Francis?

2. What honor did Francis have before anyone else in America?

3. What three institutions did she found?

Benedict

1. What was the motto of the Benedictines?

2. How did he survive in a mountain cave for three years?

3. What was the greatest role of the monks sent out by Benedict?

Anthony the Abbot

1. How did he overcome temptation?

2. What was Anthony the first to establish?

3. Why did he have to flee into the desert later in life?