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Saints Crossword Puzzle Quiz
All the words in this quiz have something to do with the saints.
Many of their traditional feast days are given so that you can use your missal
or calendar to find names you do not know.
ACROSS
2. St. .................was the only Apostle who stood with Our Lady beneath the Cross. (John 19)
4. The priest wears...............vestments on the feasts of martyrs.
5. St. Peter was called...............until he met Our Lord. (John 1:42)
8. St. Matth....s (2 letters missing) was chosen to take the place of Judas, the Apostle who betrayed Our Lord. (Acts 1:23-26)
9. St. John the............was the forerunner of Our Lord. (June 24)
11. St. Martin de Porres even loved the .............. that bothered the monastery, and is sometimes shown with some around his feet.
12. We express belief in the Communion of Saints in the "Apostles'.................."
15. St. Anthony of Padua is the patron of finding..........objects. (June 13)
16. St. Agnes, who died for purity, is often shown holding a palm and a...............(Jan. 21)
18. St. Genevieve is the patroness of P...is, France. (2 letters)
19. St. An..........(4 letters missing) Merici founded the Ursulines, a teaching order. (June 1)
20. St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, was st.......d (3 letters) to death. (Dec. 26)
21. St. ................is the patron of expectant mothers.
22. St. Frances Xavier Cabri .... (2 letters) was the first U.S. citizen canonized. (Dec. 22)
23. St. Matthew was a........collector named Levi before he became an Apostle. (Luke 5)
25. The symbol of St. Luke the Evangelist is the ................ (Oct. 18)
26. St. Joan of..........is the Patroness of ................ (May 30)
27. On the first day of the month of.............. (abbreviation) we celebrate the Feast of All Saints.
28. St. ......nedict (2 letters) wrote the great rule of monastic life (March 21)
29. St. Elizabeth, born in 1271, was Qu...... (3 letters) of Portugal. (July 8)
31. St. John Fisher was an English ............. for the Faith in 1535.
33. St. Ambrose is shown with a.......hive, a symbol of wisdom. (Dec. 7)
34. St. Joseph's feast is on the 19th of ...............(abbreviation)
35. St. John Mary Vianney, the Cure of ........... is patron of priests. (Aug. 9)
36. Saints Peter and John...........to the tomb on Easter Sunday. (John 20)
37. St. .........grine (4 letters) is the patron of cancer victims.
39. St. John...........befriended homeless boys in Italy. (Jan. 31)
41. St. ..........chal (3 letters) Baylon is patron of Eucharistic Congresses. (May 17)
42. St. Francis of........... bore the holy wounds of Christ, the Stigmata. (Oct. 4)
43. St. ............was the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (July 26)
45. Abbreviation for "saint."
46. St. L.....e (2 letters) wrote the third Gospel. (Oct. 18)
48. St. Dominic de Guzman founded the Order of Preachers, which is abbreviated "......"
50. St. John Damas .......... (4 letters) was a great doctor of the Church. (March 27)
51. St. Philip Neri is patron of the city where he spent most of his life: ..........., Italy. (May 26)
52. Saints Peter,............ and John witnessed the Transfiguration of Our Lord.
54. Feb. 12 is the feast of the.......Holy Founders of the Servants of Mary.
55. St. Thomas ..........., a lawyer, died for the Faith in England in 1535.
56. St. .............., a duchess of Poland who died in 1243, was mother of a large family. (Oct. 16)
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1. St. Blaise is patron against diseases of the ................. (Feb. 3)
3. July 30 is the feast of Sts. Abdon and Sen....... (3 letters), martyrs.
6. St. ............ Jogues, a Jesuit priest, was martyred by the Indians. (Sept. 26)
7. Abbreviation for the Apostle saint who wrote the first Gospel.
8. St. ........... is patron of farmers (Mar. 22)
10. St. Patrick is patron of ................
13. St. ........ ert (3 letters) Bellarmine was a brilliant Cardinal and Doctor. (May 13)
14. Feb. 14 is the feast of priest and martyr St. ..................
16. St. Roch (Rock) is shown with a dog by his side and a sore on his ................
17. St. .............. Goretti, who died for purity at the age of 12, is patroness of youth.
20. St. Louis Marie de Montf.......t (2 letters) wrote True Devotion to Mary.
24. St. Francis .......... was a great Jesuit Missionary in India and Japan (Dec. 3)
25. The feast of St. Margaret Mary is .............. (abbreviation) 17th.
28. The martyr St. .......... is patroness against lightning and fire. (Dec. 4)
29. St. Lucy, a martyr, is patroness against diseases of the ......... (Dec. 13)
30. St. ............. de Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church is patron of writers. (Jan. 29)
32. St. ........... of Avila in Spain reformed the Carmelite order of nuns. (Oct. 15)
34. The holy youth St. John Berchmans is patron of servers of Holy .........
36. St. ........ patroness of South America lived in Lima, Peru. (Aug. 30)
38. St. Jos....... (3 letters) Calasanctius taught poor children in Rome. (Aug. 27)
39. St. Matthew, the Apostle who was a tax collector, is patron of ..................
40. St. John Chrys ......... (5 letters) was a great Doctor of the Church. (Jan. 27)
44. The "Little Flower" St. Therese of Lisieux, was a Carmelite .......... (Oct. 3)
47. St. Helena found the relic of the true .........
49. St. ........... Claver spent his life helping Negro slaves in South America. (Sept. 9)
50. St. ........... was the first nun in the order of sisters she co-founded with St. Francis of Assisi. (Aug. 12)
52. St. ............ Neumann introduced the Forty Hours Devotion in the United States.
53. Our Lady gave the vision of the Miraculous ............ to St. Catherine Laboure. (Nov. 28)
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