The Catholic Church has officially recognized the sainthood of over 10,000 holy men and women. Unfortunately, many of their records have been lost. Name the ones that are still known and recognized.
Does not include those who are Servants of God/Venerable/Blessed.
Be as specific as possible, including last names, "of ____", "the ____", etc. whenever possible
For Popes, be sure to include the regal number when applicable
Thanks. Gabriel de la Dolorosa was actually already included, and I decided against Marina the Monk since her veneration doesn't really include the Roman Catholic Church. I added the other two though!
good job making this quiz, I'm sure many of them are missing, and though I doubt you'll update the quiz right after it got feature, I'll mention Sainte Blandine de Lyon and Saint Margaret of Antioch off the top of my head
though I'm well aware it's impossible to create an exhaustive list
Thank you! I thought at the very least this quiz would be nice to get a list as exhaustive as possible together. Never expected it to be featured on here.
St Florian is in Europe the most common protector against fires, there are tons of images and sculptures in the squares, on houses and on village fire stations. St Barbara is more traditionally associated with miners, artillery and military engineers, close enough that in some countries she got linked with firefighters, like France or US.
I didn't know that Jesus was considered a saint, but when I saw the title "Christ", there was only one possible answer. You'd think that one would be about 100%, but it's 86%?
To be fair, it would take way to look to look through the titles. I actually intended to take him off or at least give it as a pre-provided answer since he is never called "Saint." But now that it's featured, I will wait to do so until the next reset, which won't be for a while (1 per year max).
Thank you. I think I intended to put the 3rd/4th century St. Erasmus but accidentally pulled Desiderius’ info. This will be fixed when the quiz gets updated.
Santa Trofimena is missing (used to be patron of Amalfi). Wrote my Bachelor-Thesis about her Translation to Benevent and back to Minori :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofimena
St. Rumwold of Buckingham. He lived for three days and gave multiple sermons. He also struck a guy dead for swearing. He also predicted his own death. There are a few churches named for him in England.
Yes, he died at a very young age less than 20 years ago. I just looked it up, because I didn't realize his connection to Campo Grande: the first approved miracle attributed to his intercession is from there! Cool!
I tried to gather as many as possible, but in a few days I've already received comments of many I'm missing. We'll keep on working to make the list more complete!
Thank you! Actually Maximilian Kolbe is already on here, as is the spelling you listed. Do you remember how you typed his name in? Maybe I can try adjusting the type-in for him to be more flexible.
I would also like to mention that certain people from the old testament are sometimes included in liturgical calendars as "Old Covenant Saints", although some are grouped together. I saw in an earlier comment that you decided not to add them but I thought I'd reference the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 61:
"61 The patriarchs, prophets and certain other Old Testament figures have been and always will be honoured as saints in all the Church's liturgical traditions."
Either way you decide I still think this is a really neat quiz!
I'm not sure how well-defined that groups of certain Old Testament prophets/patriarchs/others that are revered as saints is. Some are obviously included, e.g., Abraham (who is actually my confirmation saint, which is how I learned about the "Old Covenant Saints" so long ago). And also, typically, when one thinks of the saints, they think New Testament and after. This is why most likely in the next update, I'll either take off or grey out Jesus as an answer since, even though he's a human in Heaven, he isn't what you'd think of when you're thinking of the Catholic saints.
Alas, my knowledge of Welsh saints didn't come in as handy as I thought D: The following weren't on the list but it might be that they're not officially recognised: St. Dwynwen, St. Padarn, St. Deiniol, St. Teilo, St. Brynach, St. Seiriol, and St. Cybi
Awesome quiz! While it will probably never be totally comprehensive, I'm impressed by the work that is put in.
A couple that seem to be missing:
Mungo
John Stone
Anna and Simeon (from Luke chapter 2)
I might also suggest accepting KathErine Drexel as a type in (I think I've even seen her name spelled with a C rather than a K).
Unrelated, but I'm also surprised with how low a lot of saints that I'd consider well-known are. Frances Cabrini just had a movie about her, and Pier Giorgio has been in the news with his recent canonization, and both are sitting at about 2% right now.
Most people would be extremely disappointed to realise how sainthood actually works. Having studied the process, I think it totally devalues the concept. The way which “miracles” are confirmed would make the average person laugh out loud. There are a number of bona fide rotters among the canonised. And worst of all, the modern process requires connections, time and money. Lots of it. The child of a wealthy family with a long history of high-level ecclesiastical service who dies in childhood might have more chance of being made a saint than someone who spends a lifetime helping the poor and needy.
So Petronius of Bologna would be another one. The patron saint of Bologna. His feast day is October 4th, which is significant because when the Gregorian calendar was implemented the calendar went from October 4th to the 25th of October. Where did Pope Gregory the 13th come from? Well Bologna of course. Maybe a coincidence but I do think an interesting connection.
Please let me know of type-in ideas that you have or better ways to stream-line the naming conventions.
As always, there are so many Saints, I'm sure I'm missing hundreds. Let me know in the comments!
St. Epiphanius of Salamis
St. Mary of Egypt
St. Gerard of Csanad
St. Andrew Dung-Lac
Also, could you please accept “Sharbel” for St. Charbel Makhlouf? His name is sometimes rendered that way.
There was also a St. Gerard Majella in the 18th century. (I haven't heard of him before, either.)
Great quiz, and I'm glad it's been spotlighted!
You may have noticed, but Gerard Majella (and Gerard of Lunel) are already listed, but not Csanad! :)
Andre is an accepted type-in as there are only two St. Andres, so if anyone guesses Andrew, Andre automatically comes up before you can finish typing.
- st Germain of Paris
- st Martial of Limoges
- st Honoratus of Amiens
- st Radegund of Poitiers
- st Faith of Agen or Conques
- st Sulpicius of Bourges
- st Audomar/Omer and his disciple st Bertin
- st Nicasius of Reims
- st Gerald of Aurillac
There's also st Bavo of Ghent and st Placidus that I can't think of
Anthony the Hermit and Adalbero of Würzburg are missing along with other Germans.
If you want to add some
John de Britto or João de Brito
though I'm well aware it's impossible to create an exhaustive list
FIRST CATHLETE ENGLISH FEATURE :DDDDDDD
Perhaps you could try to restrict the list to saints with at least a given number of shrines devoted to them.
Anyway, some saint that I missed: Narcissus of Jerusalem, Cucuphas, Eulalia of Barcelona, Thecla, Giles, and Amadeus.
- St. Giles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Giles
- St. Emmeram of Regensburg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmeram_of_Regensburg)
You can see LOADS more obscure and locally popular saints here and on related pages:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:4th-century_Christian_martyrs
Saint Demetrius (or Demetrios) of Thessalonica
Saint Demetrius of Sirmium
I'll be sure to add each Demetrius though!
Porphyrius
Alphius
Philadelphus
Cyrinus
Judas Cyriacus
Stanislaus Kostka (Stanislaus is there, but not Kostka)
Winifred
Thais
Silvia
Pelagia
Pelagius
Sabina
I tried to gather as many as possible, but in a few days I've already received comments of many I'm missing. We'll keep on working to make the list more complete!
Thanks!
great quiz
"61 The patriarchs, prophets and certain other Old Testament figures have been and always will be honoured as saints in all the Church's liturgical traditions."
Either way you decide I still think this is a really neat quiz!
I'm not sure how well-defined that groups of certain Old Testament prophets/patriarchs/others that are revered as saints is. Some are obviously included, e.g., Abraham (who is actually my confirmation saint, which is how I learned about the "Old Covenant Saints" so long ago). And also, typically, when one thinks of the saints, they think New Testament and after. This is why most likely in the next update, I'll either take off or grey out Jesus as an answer since, even though he's a human in Heaven, he isn't what you'd think of when you're thinking of the Catholic saints.
I missed many I should have known, but am pleased to have gotten a bunch that have been guessed less than 5% of the time to date.
I have a few type-ins to suggest for the next update:
- Wenceslaus for good king Wenceslas? I usually see it spelled with the u and didn't think to try a variant without it.
- Mary of the desert for Mary of Egypt? Not sure if that's a common title for her but it's what came to mind for me.
- Brigitte of Sweden for Bridget of Sweden? Not sure if that's a common spelling or not but it's all that came to mind for me.
Thanks for your consideration!
A couple that seem to be missing:
Mungo
John Stone
Anna and Simeon (from Luke chapter 2)
I might also suggest accepting KathErine Drexel as a type in (I think I've even seen her name spelled with a C rather than a K).
Unrelated, but I'm also surprised with how low a lot of saints that I'd consider well-known are. Frances Cabrini just had a movie about her, and Pier Giorgio has been in the news with his recent canonization, and both are sitting at about 2% right now.
Quadratus of Athens
Monitor/Moniteur
Primitivus
Facundus
Stanislaus Kostka
Florian
Sophia of Rome and her three saints daughters: Faith, Hope and Charity
Lydia of Thyatira
Marina of Omura
James Kisai
Cucuphas (martyr, 3rd century)
Juliana
Semproniana (both of them martyrs and disciples of Cucuphas)
Olegarius (12th century)
Joseph Oriol (17th century)
Josep Manyanet (19th century)
Hypocrisy in the church? Whatever next?