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Honors Church History FINAL- Sr. Veronica Marie

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Catherine of Siena
14th c.; convinced Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome from Avignon; Doctor of Church; wrote Dialogues
Peter Claver
16th-17th c.; patron of negro missions; Spanish Jesuit; converted 3,000 slaves
Francis Xavier
16th c.; missions in Africa, India, China; influenced by Ignatius of Loyola; began Jesuit order; tried to convert Japanese
Ignatius of Antioch
1st c.; Syrian; consecrated by Peter; first used term "Catholic"; wanted to be martyred in Rome- "I am God's wheat..."
Polycarp
1st-2nd c.; bishop; couldn't be burned by fire at age 86, so he was stabbed; refused to blaspheme God
Cecilia
2nd-3rd c.; married Valerian, and dedicated self to virginity; couldn't be suffocated, so was beheaded and didn't die for 3 days; first incorruptible
Tarcicius
? c.; deacon in Rome; beaten by mob when taking Eucharist to prisoners
Perpetua
2nd c.; lived in Africa; wealthy and educated with young child; martyred by beasts in Rome alongside Felicity
Agnes
3rd-4th c.; died at age 13; desired by many suitors but only wanted Christ as spouse; couldn't be burned at stake, so was beheaded
Athanasius
10th c.; Turkish abbott of 58 communities; killed when arch of church collapsed
Pope Leo the Great
5th c.; persuaded emperor to recognize papal authority; convinced Attila the Hun and Vandals to turn back from Rome
Basil
4th c.; Doctor of Church; helped conquer Arianism and simony; great orator; bishop of Caesaria
Benedict
5th-6th c.; twin to Scholastica; persuasive speaker that became hermit; set up new kind of strict religious life
Cyril of Alexandria
5th c.; bishop and Doctor of Church; condemned Nestorius; most brilliant Alexandrian theologian
Augustine of Hippo
4th-5th c.; son of St. Monica; very intelligent but darkened by pride; converted to become bishop; "too late have I loved you"
Pope Gregory the Great
6th c.; born to wealthy Romans; became Prefect of Rome at 33; credited with Gregorian chant; saved thousands from starvation
Pope Clement
1st c.; disciple of Peter; one of first popes
Pope Gregory VII
11th c.; wrote Dictatus Papae; reformed simony, clerical marriage, lay investiture
Bernard of Clairvaux
11th-12th c.; joined Cistercian order; founded Abbey of Clairvaux; advised popes; gift of miracles
Francis of Assisi
12th-13th c.; founded Franciscan order; rich in early life; became humble beggar; received stigmata
Dominic
12th-13th c.; born to Spanish nobility; attempted to sell self into slavery; converted Albigensianist heretics; founded Dominican order
Thomas Aquinas
13th c.; family kept him captive so he wouldn't join Dominican order; called "Dumb Ox" because he hardly spoke; important writings- Summa Theologica
Clare
13th c.; left wealth to join convent; popes tried to lessen the radical poverty of her order
Teresa of Avila
16th c.; tried to be martyred at age 7; rebellious as teen; distracted by worldly pleasures; reformed Carmelites- Discalced Carmelites
Thomas More
15th-16th c.; elected to parliament; wrote "Utopia"; friend of Henry VIII; decapitated by Henry for opposing divorce
John Fisher
15th-16th c.; educated bishop and chancellor; beheaded for opposing Henry's divorce
Edmund Campion
16th c.; Anglican deacon, then converted and ordained a priest; hung, drawn, quartered
Francis de Sales
16th-17th c.; from Switzerland; bishop and Doctor of Church; brought 40,000 back to church; wrote many letters
Vincent de Paul
16th-17th c.; born into poor French family; Vincentian order; reformed clergy; patron of charities
Juan Diego
15th-16th c.; first indigenous saint from Americas; Marian apparitions of Guadalupe
Ignatius of Loyola
15th-16th c.; valiant soldier; founded Jesuits; stopped spread of Protestant Reformation
John Neumann
19th c.; desired priesthood but Bohemia had too many; moved to U.S. and founded Catholic school system
Jerome
4th-5th c.; great intellectual; fought heresy; wrote Vulgate
Katharine Drexel
19th-20th c.; grew up wealthy and helped poor; missionary to Native Americans; philanthropist
Elizabeth Ann Seton
18th-19th c.; well-off but husband went bankrupt and died; established first free Catholic school in U.S.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
18th-19th c.; joined Society of Sacred Heart; known as "woman always praying" to Indians
Kateri Tekakwitha
17th c.; first Native American saint; suffered smallpox and death of family; converted at 19; self-mortification
Bernadette Soubirous
19th c.; apparitions at Lourdes; joined Sisters of Charity; died of tuberculosis at 35
Therese of Lisieux
19th c.; wrote "Story of a Soul"; very sensitive; sacrificed self by staying a permanent novice; "the little way"
Junipero Serra
18th c.; Franciscan; spread Church on west coast to Indians
Juan de Padilla
16th c.; missionary to Mexican Indians; killed by savages
Miguel Pro
19th-20th c.; became Jesuit; secret ministry to Mexican Catholics; executed for false crime; "Viva Cristo Rey!"
Maximilian Kolbe
20th c.; accepted crowns of purity and martyrdom; joined Franciscans; hid Jews; killed at Auschwitz
Pope Pius XII
20th c.; pope during WWII; saved Jews
Pope Paul VI
20th c.; closed Vatican II; Humane Vitae; traveled extensively
Pope John XXIII
20th c.; called Vatican II; promoted vernacular; encouraged people to strive for holiness
Pope Pius IX
19th c.; longest reign after Peter (32 years); fought liberalism and nationalism; wrote Syllabus of Errors; defined Immaculate Conception, papal infallibility; called Vatican I
Pope Benedict XV
20th c.; called for lay participation; emphasized Eucharist; lowered communion age; fought modernism; died of broken heart for WWI
Pope Pius X
20th c.; elected at beginning of WWI; encouraged settlement of Germany and warned of problems if Allies too harsh; pope during Fatima
Pope Pius XI
20th c.; pope before WWII; called for Nazi opposition and opposed anti-semitism- "all semites"; established feast of Christ the King; foresaw WWII
Pope Leo XIII
19th-20th c.; Rerum Novarum; encouraged missions in America; approved diocese of Wichita; problems of Industrial Revolution
Pope John Paul I
20th c.; first to take 2 names; only 33 days; died of heart attack; "smiling pope"
Pope Francis
21st c.; current pope; wrote encyclicals of apostolic exhortations on environment; promotes social justice
Pope John Paul II
20th-21st c.; participated in Vatican II; wrote many important documents and letters; theology of the body
Pope Benedict XVI
20th-21st c.; professed theology; wrote new catechism
Joan of Arc
15th c.; led battle to drive English from French territory
Fatima Children
20th c.; Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia experienced Marian apparitions at Fatima; Francisco and Jacinta died young; Lucia lived to an old age
Catherine of Alexandria
3-4th c.; Consecrated her virginity to her spouse, Jesus Christ, and converted over 400 people to Christianity; executed by beheading after the breaking wheel broke to pieces in the first attempt to kill her
Albert the great
13th c.; Dominican teacher of Thomas Aquinas
Charles Borromeo
16th c.; Archbishop of Milan; he took steps to implement the reforms ordered by the Council of Trent.
Jane Frances de Chantal
16-17th c.; noblewoman, wife, and mother, who sought St. Francis de Sales as a spiritual director and eventually, with him, established the Order of Visitation, a community of sisters who became "daughters of prayer"
Catherine Laboure
19th c.; Mary appeared to her to give the world the Miraculous Medal
Faustina Kowalska
20th c.; visions of Jesus: he was in white robes with bright and pale rays coming from is heart, said, "Jesus, I trust in you"; divine mercy; patron of mercy
John Vianney
18-19th c.;After struggling to become a priest, his visions led him to be one of the great confessors in the Church; spending up to 16 hours a day reconciling people with God.
John bosco
19th c.; Founded the order of Salesians; he established schools for street kids
Teresa of Calcutta
20th c.; founded the Missionaries of Charity and took care of people dying in the streets
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