General
This feast day honors all of the saints, known and unknown.
What is All Saints Day?
This Franciscan friar is the patron saint of lost items.
Who is Saint Anthony?
This saint and first pope asked to be crucified upside down because he did not feel worthy to die in the same way as Christ.
Who is Saint Peter?
This person has the final decision to declare a person a saint.
Who is the Pope?
These are the people who are known to have died for their faith and the first people to be honored as saints.
Who are martyrs?
This feast takes place every year on November 2nd, the day after All Saints Day.
What is All Souls Day?
This saint wrote the Acts of the Apostles, and one of the four Gospels. He is also the patron saint of doctors.
Who is Saint Luke?
This saint, known as the Maid of Orleans, lead the French army to important victories during the Hundred Years War, crediting these victories to Divine Guidance. She was put on trial and burned at the stake on charges of heresy. The trial was later examined to find that she was innocent and she was declared a martyr.
Who is Saint Joan of Arc?
This Polish-born pope was the most recent Pope to be named a saint.
Who is St Pope John Paul II?
This football team became an official franchise on All Saints' Day hence their name.
Who are the New Orleans Saints?
"All Saints Day" is called this in Mexico.
Que es Dia de los Muertos?
This patron saint of children was known for handing out gifts wherever he went. His feast day is on December 6.
Who is Saint Nicholas?
This saint is recognized as the first martyr of the Church (Acts 6-7) and his feast day is celebrated on December 26.
Who is Saint Stephen?
This schoolteacher from New York was the first native-born American to be canonized as a saint.
Who is Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton?
This title indicates that the writings and preaching of such a person are useful to Christians "in any age of the Church." Among those who have been granted this title are St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Augustine, and St. Francis De Sales.
What is Doctor of the Church?
This is the liturgical color for All Saints Day. (The color the priest wears.)
What is white?
This couple, who were Jesus' grandparents, are recognized as the patron saints of grandparents.
Who are Saints Ann and Joachim?
This early saint was the only one of the twelve Apostles who did not die a martyr. (Not Judas)
Who is Saint John the Apostle?
This is the number of miracles required to be attributed to the person before they can be named a saint.
What is two?
This mystical body is the spiritual union of the members of the Christian Church, living and the dead, those on earth, in heaven, and in purgatory.
What is the Communion of Saints?
The tradition of All Saints Day goes as far back as the this century.
What is the fourth century?
This patron saint of animals was the founder of the Franciscan order. We celebrate his feast day on October 4th with a blessing of the animals.
Who is Saint Francis?
This archbishop of Milan knew well what it means to "fly high and shine bright," and his feast day is just days away on November 4th.
Who is Saint Charles Borromeo?
This is the minimum number of years that must pass after a person's death before the canonization process can begin.
What is five?
This prayer is commonly sung at Easter Vigil Mass and on All Saints Day, where we ask for the intercession of Mary and all the other angels and saints.
What is the Litany of Saints?