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How much do you know about the saints?

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Although the Bible refers to everyone who is a faithful Christian as saints, the Roman Catholic Church also uses the term as a title for someone who died after living an exemplary life which serves as an example for the saints who are still alive. (It is my understanding that Orthodox Catholics also have saints but I don’t know how it works with them.)

Some of the saints are better known than others. I’ve tried to avoid the more obscure ones. Let’s see how much you know about them.

  • Question of

    His teacher called him a dumb ox.

    • St. Bernard of Clairvaux
    • St. Thomas Aquinas
    • St. Jerome
    • St. Philip Neri
  • Question of

    Known for having a sour disposition, he translated the Bible into Latin at the request of the pope.

    • St. Justin Martyr
    • St. Athanasius
    • St. Bede the Venerable
    • St. Jerome
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    He was martyred by being roasted over a fire. He asked to be turned over because he was done on that side.

    • St. Lawrence of Rome
    • St. Lawrence Brindisi
    • St. Justin Martyr
    • St. Polycarp
  • Question of

    He once sucker punched a heretic during a church council.

    • St. Valentine
    • St. Athanasius
    • St. Jerome
    • St. Nicholas
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    One of the original 12 Apostles, he brought the gospel to India.

    • St. Nathaniel
    • St. Bartholomew
    • St. Thomas
    • St. Matthew
  • Question of

    A soldier injured in battle, he founded the Jesuits.

    • St. Anthony of Padua
    • St. Ignatius Loyola
    • St. Francis Xavier
    • Pope St. Pius V
  • Question of

    She is the youngest saint.

    • St. Maria Goretti
    • St. Teresa of Lisieux
    • St. Anne
    • St. Lucy
  • Question of

    He died in 1968 and was known for many miracles during his life including bilocation.

    • St. John Bosco
    • St. Francisco Marto
    • St. Pio of Pietrocina
    • St. Josemaria Escriva
  • Question of

    He died when he gave himself in exchange for a Jewish man at Auschwitz.

    • St. John Bosco
    • St. Maximilian Kolbe
    • St. Lorenzo Ruis
    • St. Karol Woytila
  • Question of

    In the process of becoming a saint, what is the stage immediately before being canonized?

    • Sanctified
    • Declared venerable
    • Beatification
    • Transubstantiation

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Written by Gary J Sibio