Saints Study Guide

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St. Patrick 8x $288 avg J:2 DJ:6

J $100 1996 In 432 he succeeded Palladius as Bishop of the Irish

DJ $200 1997 He's sometimes referred to as the "Apostle of Ireland"

DJ $200 1993 This evangelizer of the Irish was the son of a deacon & grandson of a priest

St. Joseph 8x 62.5% stumper $2,762 avg J:4 DJ:4

J $100 1992 The Penguin Book of Saints calls him the foster father of Jesus Christ

J $800 2024 In the 1860s this Missouri city was the eastern terminus of the Pony Express

J $1,000 2010 Robert Ford shot & killed Jesse James in this Missouri city

St. George 8x $638 avg J:1 DJ:7

J $100 1986 Patron saint of the Boy Scouts, his "good deed" was rescuing a maiden from a dragon

DJ $3,000 DD 2018 April 23 is the feast of this saint feared by dragons everywhere

DJ $200 1996 No actual details are known about the life of this patron saint of England

St. Christopher 8x 37.5% stumper $400 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $100 1992 Though he no longer has a Catholic feast day, this patron of travelers is still venerated as a saint

J $500 DD 1987 It's said this giant's name was Reprobus, but he changed it to this, which means "Christ-bearer"

J $300 2000 This island is called St. Kitts for short

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St. Augustine 7x $643 avg J:4 DJ:3

DJ $200 1988 Name of both the Bishop of Hippo & the oldest city in the United States

DJ $1,000 1996 As a bishop Saint Ambrose baptized this future Bishop of Hippo & author of "The City of God"

J $300 1996 The Fountain of Youth Park in this Florida city commemorates the 1513 landing of Ponce de Leon

St. Louis 6x $383 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $100 1996 This city's Arch is in the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in the National Park System

DJ $1,000 DD 1994 In the 1760s this U.S. city was named for the patron saint of the then king of France

J $200 2000 Eero Saarinen designed its famous arch

St. Elmo 6x 16.7% stumper $900 avg DJ:6

DJ $400 1996 Saint Erasmus, the patron saint of sailors, gets all fired up under this other name

DJ $600 1994 Known for his mysterious "fire", he's a patron saint of sailors

DJ $1,000 DD 1993 Sailors know St. Erasmus by this "fiery" name

St. Petersburg 6x $617 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 2000 In the 19th century French choreographer Charles Didelot headed this Russian city's ballet company

J $600 DD 1996 This city's largest library, the Saltykov-Shchedrin Library, has over 25 million volumes

DJ $1,600 2016 If you're in Pinellas Point Park near where Tampa Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico, you're in this city

St. Bernard 6x $817 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $300 1992 Not surprisingly, he's the patron saint of skiers

J $600 2024 In the early 1800s Barry, a dog of this breed, reportedly saved over 40 people in the Alps

DJ $1,600 2015 Doggedly hanging on, a hospice on this pass on the Swiss-Italian border has been a travelers' refuge for centuries

St. Peter 5x $560 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 1992 His first successor in the See of Rome was St. Linus

DJ $600 1996 He's known for asking Jesus, "Quo vadis, Domine?" & being crucified upside-down

DJ $1,600 2007 The crosshereis named for this saint, thought to have met his death on a similar looking item

St. Nicholas 5x 20.0% stumper $320 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $200 1994 As the patron saint of children, he's the origin of "Father Christmas"

DJ $200 1994 Hans Brinker creator Mary Mapes Dodge edited the children's magazine named for this holiday saint

DJ $400 2018 His feast day is December 6--a few weeks earlier than you might expect

Ireland 5x $180 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1996 St. Ciaran founded an abbey at Clonmacnoise in this country; St. Patrick didn't do everything

J $100 1988 St. Brigid founded the 1st convent in this country, at Kildare, & is one of its patron saints

J $200 2012 St. Patrick:This country

Constantine 5x $840 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $400 1997 Legend says Saint Sylvester I cured this first Christian Roman emperor of leprosy

DJ $1,000 1994 During the Papal reign of St. Miltiades, this emperor decreed toleration of Christianity

J $400 1992 Legend says St. Sylvester I baptized this Roman emperor who granted toleration to Christianity

Assisi 5x $440 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $400 2023 Founder of the Franciscan order, St. Francis of this city

J $600 2015 St. Clare of this Italian town was influenced by St. Francis, also from there; she didn't think poverty was for the birds

DJ $400 2016 The Franciscans' founder, St. Francis of this city

Mother Cabrini 5x 80.0% stumper $1,100 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $500 1997 She immigrated to New York from Italy in 1889 & in 1946 was the first U.S. citizen canonized

DJ $1,200 2011 An immigrant herself, this Italian-American mother is the patron saint of immigrants

DJ $800 1995 In 1880 she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Italy

Thomas More 5x $800 avg DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $400 2011 This Lord Chancellor of England was canonized in 1935, 400 years after his execution

DJ $800 1996 This saint is the subject of the play & movie "A Man For All Seasons"

DJ $1,000 DD 1989 Lord Chancellor of England in the 16th c., he didn't attain sainthood until 1935

Mary 5x 40.0% stumper $440 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $100 1991 In Roman Catholicism, she's called the "Queen of all Saints"

DJ $600 1993 Her assumption was declared dogma for Catholics by Pope Pius XII in 1950

DJ $1,000 DD 1994 A trio of biblical women sharing this name share the feast day of May 25

St. Valentine 4x $425 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1999 In 1969 the feast day of this patron saint of lovers was dropped from the liturgical calendar

DJ $600 1996 His feast day is February 14th, but lovers can seek his help any time of year

DJ $200 1987 Yes, he really is the patron saint of sweethearts

St. Paul 4x $475 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1984 Minneapolis' "twin", it's capital of Minnesota

DJ $1,200 2009 He wrote to the Corinthians, "When I became a man, I put away childish things"

J $200 2024 Its state's second-most populous city, this capital is built on bluffs along a curve in the Mississippi River

Paris 4x 75.0% stumper $525 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1992 St. Genevieve, patroness of this city, ran a Frankish blockade up the Seine to bring its people food

DJ $1,200 2014 While Attila the Hun was marching to this city, St. Genevieve told the people to pray & fast; Attila changed course

J $300 1991 The prayers of Genevieve are said to have turned Attila & his Huns away from this city

Lima 4x 25.0% stumper $800 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 2007 The first person in the Americas to be canonized was Rose of this South American capital

DJ $800 2016 Patron saint of Peru & all of South America, St. Rose of this city

DJ $1,600 2023 Canonized in 1671, the first saint of South America, Rose of this city

John the Baptist 4x $275 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1990 The saint who baptized Jesus

DJ $200 1990 If his mother had listened to friends & named him after his father, he would be Zechariah the Baptist

DJ $400 2019 Swiped from the Holy Land, the reputed head of this decapitated saint is on display on a silver plate at Amiens Cathedral

Joan of Arc 4x $475 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1996 10 days after she joined the French army, it routed the English force besieging Orleans

DJ $1,200 2024 On May 30, 1431 the English threw her ashes into the Seine River

DJ $200 1996 This saint who was burned at the stake is the patroness of France & of soldiers

Bernadette 4x $700 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 1994 This visionary saint of Lourdes died at the age of 35

DJ $1,600 2025 After having visions of the Virgin Mary, this saint of Lourdes joined the Sisters of Charity

DJ $400 2009 Canonized in 1933, this French nun & visionary is the Patron Saint of Lourdes

a dragon 4x $400 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2000 In one story, St. Margaret was swallowed by Satan in the form of this beast; she should have called St. George

DJ $800 2020 George slew this mythical beast, which led to 15,000 baptisms & him becoming patron saint of England

J $200 1987 Legend says 1 of these mythical beasts swallowed St. Margaret

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St. Vincent de Paul 3 St. Vincent 3 St. Moritz 3 St. Mark 3 St. Luke 3 St. Lawrence 3 St. Jerome 3 St. Francis of Assisi 3 St. Anthony 3 St. Andrews 3 Saint Stephen 3 Saint George 3 Saint Croix 3 Poland 3 Paul 3 Michael 3 lightning 3 Hungary 3 Greek 3 a lamb 3 the Venerable Bede 3 the pope 3 St. Francis 3 Saint Louis 3 Peter 3 Nicholas 3 King Edward the Confessor 3 Wenceslas 2 Teresa 2 Sweden 2 Stephen 2 St. Vitus 2 St. Thomas More 2 St. Thomas Aquinas 2 St. Jude 2 St. James 2 St. Helena 2 St. Elmo's Fire 2 St. Dominic 2 St. Denis (St. Dennis) 2 St. Benedict 2 St. Andrew 2 Seville 2 Santa Monica 2 Santa Fe 2 San Antonio 2 Saint Nicholas 2 Saint Jude 2 Saint Helena 2 Saint David 2 Saint Anthony 2 Peru 2 Patrick 2 Mount St. Helens 2 Moscow 2 Mary Magdalene 2 March 17 2 Luxembourg 2 Luke 2 keys 2 Joseph of Arimathea 2 Joseph 2 Canterbury 2 arrows 2 the television 2 the stigmata 2 St. Teresa 2 Pope Paul VI 2 Italy 2 Hope & Charity 2 George 2 Anne 2

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