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| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Patrick | 8 | Though the Irish are not overly proud of the British, this Briton is patron saint of Ireland |
| 2 | St. Joseph | 8 | The last time he's mentioned in the New Testament is when 12-year-old Jesus is found in the temple |
| 3 | St. George | 8 | Patron saint of the Boy Scouts, his "good deed" was rescuing a maiden from a dragon |
| 4 | St. Christopher | 8 | He's been taken off the calendar of saints, but his likeness is still found on many car dashboards |
| 5 | St. Augustine | 7 | St. Monica's son, who lived a dissolute youth as he admitted in his "Confessions" |
| 6 | St. Louis | 6 | This large Midwestern city is named for a greatly admired saint & king of France |
| 7 | St. Elmo | 6 | As their patron saint, St. Erasmus, also known by this name, gets sailors all fired up |
| 8 | St. Petersburg | 6 | This city's largest library, the Saltykov-Shchedrin Library, has over 25 million volumes |
| 9 | St. Bernard | 6 | Doggedly hanging on, a hospice on this pass on the Swiss-Italian border has been a travelers' refuge for centuries |
| 10 | St. Peter | 5 | It's said the altar of the Vatican Basilica stands above his grave |
| 11 | St. Nicholas | 5 | Patron saint of children, his feast day is December 6, not December 25 |
| 12 | Ireland | 5 | St. Brigid founded the 1st convent in this country, at Kildare, & is one of its patron saints |
| 13 | Constantine | 5 | St. Helen was the mother of this Roman emperor who decreed the toleration of Christianity |
| 14 | Assisi | 5 | Saints born in this town include Clare & Francis |
| 15 | Mother Cabrini | 5 | Italian-American woman known as the "Saint of the Immigrants" |
| 16 | Mary | 5 | Her assumption was declared dogma for Catholics by Pope Pius XII in 1950 |
| 17 | St. Valentine | 4 | Yes, he really is the patron saint of sweethearts |
| 18 | St. Paul | 4 | He wrote to the Corinthians, "When I became a man, I put away childish things" |
| 19 | Paris | 4 | Credited with saving this city from pestilence, St. Genevieve is its patron saint |
| 20 | Lima | 4 | Rose of this Peruvian capital died in 1617 & was canonized in 1671 to become the new world's first saint |
| 21 | John the Baptist | 4 | If his mother had listened to friends & named him after his father, he would be Zechariah the Baptist |
| 22 | Joan of Arc | 4 | On the second Sunday in May, the French honor her with a holiday |
| 23 | Thomas More | 4 | In November 2000, Pope John Paul II proclaimed this 16th century Englishman as the patron saint of politicians |
| 24 | St. Vincent de Paul | 3 | Called the apostle of organized charity, he's the patron of charitable societies |
| 25 | St. Vincent | 3 | French wine growers often pray to this saint, 1st syllable of whose name is French for "wine" |
| 26 | St. Moritz | 3 | The Diavolezza & the Piz Corvatsch are famous ski areas near this Swiss resort |
| 27 | St. Mark | 3 | Gospel writer who is the patron saint of Venice, his winged lion is the city's symbol |
| 28 | St. Luke | 3 | This gospel author is the patron saint of physicians & surgeons |
| 29 | St. Lawrence | 3 | This marytyr who was cooked to death on a gridiron has a river, gulf & seaway named for him |
| 30 | St. Jerome | 3 | His Latin translation of the Bible is known as the Vulgate |
| 31 | St. Francis of Assisi | 3 | Founder of the Friars Minor in the 13th c., he was made patron saint of ecologists in 1979 |
| 32 | St. Anthony | 3 | Two of the saints with this name were from Thebes, Egypt & Padua, Italy |
| 33 | St. Andrews | 3 | In 1754 the Royal and Ancient Golf Club was founded in this burgh |
| 34 | Saint Stephen | 3 | Saint Paul was a supportive witness to the stoning of this first Christian martyr |
| 35 | Saint George | 3 | Boy Scouts in England know that this man, their patron saint, also holds that post for the country |
| 36 | Saint Croix | 3 | Columbus named this Virgin Island Santa Cruz, but it's now called this, which means the same thing |
| 37 | Poland | 3 | St. Stanislaus of Krakow is the patron saint of this country |
| 38 | Paul | 3 | St. Barnabas persuaded the Christians of Jerusalem to accept among them this apostle from Tarsus |
| 39 | Michael | 3 | In the spiritual, this saint & archangel is asked to "row the boat ashore" |
| 40 | lightning | 3 | St. Barbara is said to protect people from this because her dad was struck by it after he killed her |
| 41 | Hungary | 3 | This country's crown bears the name of St. Stephen, who became its 1st crowned king in the year 1000 |
| 42 | Greek | 3 | While St. Damasus I was pope, Latin replaced this as the main liturgical language |
| 43 | a lamb | 3 | The Latin word for this baby animal is "agnus", & St. Agnes is often pictured holding one |
| 44 | the pope | 3 | Former hermit Pietro da Morrone resigned this post in 1294 due to incompetence |
| 45 | St. Francis | 3 | On Christmas Eve in 1223, this Italian saint set up a nativity scene in Greccio, complete with live animals |
| 46 | Saint Louis | 3 | This city was the site of the 1st trial of the Dred Scott case, in 1847 |
| 47 | Peter | 3 | St. Andrew, one of the 12 apostles, was the brother of this other apostle |
| 48 | a dragon | 3 | Before St. George slew this beast, the townspeople had attempted to appease it with sheep |
| 49 | King Edward the Confessor | 3 | A confession: The abbey now at Westminster isn't the one he consecrated in 1065 |
| 50 | Wenceslas | 2 | The patron saint of Czechoslovakia, we sing a song about this king at Christmastime |