St. Januarius
St. Andrew Kim Taegon
St. Matthew
Padre Pio
Cosmas and Damian
100

St. Januarius, a bishop of Benevento, was martyred during this emperor's persecution.

Diocletian

100

Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and their companions were martyred in the 19th century during Christian persecutions in this country.

Korea

100

Before his conversion, St. Matthew worked at this hated occupation.

Tax collector

100

St. Pio was a member of this religious order.

Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

100

Sts. Cosmas and Damian, who were twin brothers, were martyred during this emperor's persecution.

Diocletian

200

St. Januarius is the patron saint of this Italian city, famous for its pizza and Mt. Vesuvius.

Naples

200

The martyrs were executed in the city of Hanseong, which is now known by this name.

Seoul

200

The Gospel according to St. Matthew appears in this position in the New Testament

First

200

St. Pio received these bodily wounds and pain which appeared in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus. The name comes from the Greek word for mark, spot, or brand.

Stigmata

200

Sts. Cosmas and Damian are named in the Canon of the Mass immediately after this former persecutor of the Church.

Paul

300

A miraculous phenomenon associated with St. Januarius involves the liquefaction of this substance.

Blood

300

The saints were canonized on the 6th of May in 1984 by this pope during a visit to Korea.

John Paul II
300

Of a winged lion, ox, man or eagle, this symbolic animal is associated with St. Matthew's gospel.

Man

300

St. Pio had the gift of prophecy:  In 1947, St. Pio heard the confession of this 27-year old Polish priest.  Pio told him he would one day ascend to "the highest post in the church, though further confirmation is needed."

Father Karol Józef Wojtyła

300

Sts. Cosmas and Damian were martyred in Aegeae, in the Roman province of Cilicia, in what is now this eastern Mediterranean country.

Turkey

400

In the United States, the Feast of San Gennaro is a highlight of the year for this New York City neighborhood.

Little Italy

400

Paul Chong Hasang shares his feast day with his father, Augustine Jeong Yak-Jong, who helped evangelize Korea by writing one of these using only Korean letters.

Catechism

400

According to tradition, St. Matthew was martyred in this African country.

Ethiopia

400

St. Pio was beatified on the 2nd of May in 1999 and canonized on the 16th of June in 2002 by this pope.

John Paul II

400

Until the General Roman Calendar of 1969, the feast day of Sts. Cosmas and Damian had been celebrated on September 27th.  However, it was moved to the 26th to make room for the feast day of this more popular saint and founder of the "Vincentians".

Vincent de Paul

500

St. Januarius is the patron saint for this kind of bank.

Blood

500

St. Andrew Kim Taegon was the first native Korean priest.  He studied for the priesthood in this former Portuguese colony, now part of China.

Macau

500

The Gospel of Matthew refers to the tax collector Jesus called by the Greek name Matthew, but Mark and Luke refer to him by this Hebrew name.

Levi

500

At birth, St. Pio was given the name Francesco Forgione.  Forgione is the equivalent of very common English last name.

Smith

500

Sts. Cosmas and Damian, whose names may also be written as قُزما ودميان, were of this ethnicity.

Arab

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