True or False 1
When Belisarius reconquered North Africa for the Roman empire, he retook it from the Ostrogoths.
False
He retook it from the Vandals
St. Benedict received nothing but complete obedience from the young men who came to follow his rule.
False
They tried to kill him at first.
483 - 565 were the dates for which great Eastern Emperor?
Justinian
Who sent him?
He went to Britain and reconciled the Gaelic and Roman churches.
Pope St. Gregory
Justinian I built what great church in Constantinople?
Hagia Sophia
The Gothic Wars were surprisingly short considering all the damage they caused. They only lasted 5 years.
False
They lasted 20 years.
Pope Gregory the Great led an army to be revenged against the Byzantines for the destruction they caused in the empire.
False.
He rebuilt Italy after it was destroyed.
Justinian's wife, Theodora, died around what year?
548
True or False
Pope St. Gregory the Great composed all the Gregorian Chant that we sing today?
False.
He compiled them together and encouraged them to be taught.
Clovis was a king of which dynasty?
The Merovingian
Justinians reform of Roman law called the Codex Justinianus received its name because Justinian commissioned it to be undertaken.
True
Pope Gregory collected the liturgical prayers of the city of Rome into the Missale Gregorianum
False
The Missale Romanum
St. Patrick lived in which century?
The 5th century
True or False
Justinian I fell in love with Theodora because she was a noble princess and good marriage alliance.
No. She was an actress.
The Carolingian Dynasty was named after who?
Charles Martel
As a youth, St. Patrick was captured from Britain and taken to Ireland to be a slave.
True
St. Augustine of Hippo was called from his assignment in Africa by Pope Gregory to minister to the Saxons in Britain.
False
St. Augustine of Hippo and St. Augustine of Canterbury are two different people.
Boethius lived when?
480 - 524
True or False
Justinian treated his general Belisarius with great honor and respect, knowing that he owed him for his years of service.
False.
He was jealous of his fame and gave him crummy assignments instead of letting him retire.
Which Chieftain/King had Boethius Killed?
Theodoric
Boethius wrote the City of God while in prison as a testimony that his accomplishments would live on after he died.
False
Boethius wrote the Consolation of Philosophy to remind himself of Divine Providence.
The differences between the Gaelic Catholics and the Roman Catholics were resolved at the Synod of Carthage.
False
The Synod of Whitby
St. Benedict lived when?
480 - 543
St. Benedicts founded his largest monastery where?
Monte Cassino
The last Roman Emperor of the West was
Romulus Augustulus