Pope St. Pius X
Pius X's decision to require the Confraternity of this in every parish was partly motivated by a desire to save children from religious ignorance.
Christian Doctrine
This "grandmother of Europe", whose reign was noted for it's Pax Britannica, had nine children by Prince Albert.
Victoria
St. Bartholomew, before meeting Jesus, famously questioned, "Can anything good come out of" this place.
Nazareth
St. Monica was from Thagaste, which was just south of this major city in the North African province of Numidia.
Hippo
St. John's death is commemorated on August 29th. However, his birth gets more attention and is celebrated as a solemnity in this month.
June
Pius X lowered the age for reception of this from 10 or 12 (or even 14) to 7.
First Holy Communion
The last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, she was the mother of Caesarion, her son with Julius Caesar, and three children with Mark Antony.
Cleopatra VII
In this artist's "The Last Judgment" in the Sistine Chapel, St. Bartholomew is depicted holding his own flayed skin, a symbol of his martyrdom.
Michelangelo
On his mom's side, St. Augustine was of Berber ancestry, an ethnic group native to this continent.
Africa
Owing to what was done with this part of St. John's body, an Eastern tradition suggests that on the commemoration of his death, one eschew platters, knives, and round foods.
Head
Pius X initiated the preparation of the 1917 Code of this, the first comprehensive and systemic work of its kind.
Canon Law
This Empress of Russia, whose reign was marked by significant expansion and modernization of Russia, was the mother of Paul I, who succeeded her as emperor.
Catherine the Great
St. Bartholomew, in a nod to his gruesome martyrdom, is the patron saint of these people who work with skin.
Bookbinders, butchers, leather workers, dermatologists,
shoemakers, curriers, tanners, or trappers
St. Monica didn't get a chance to read this autobiography of her son, since she died before he wrote it.
Confessions
St. John wore a robe made of the skin of this animal.
Camel
In November 1913, Pius X declared dancing this dance -- which takes two -- as immoral and off-limits to Catholics.
Tango
This longest reigning queen of the United Kingdom, was the mother of four children, including Charles III, who succeeded her as king.
Elizabeth II
In Christian art, this object, often depicted with St. Bartholomew, symbolizes his method of martyrdom.
Knife
As a young man, St. Augustine was driven away from his mothers table after he shared with her that he had become a practitioner of this former major world religion founded by the prophet Mani. A vision she had later convinced her to reconcile with her son.
Manichaeism
St. John is often depicted holding a scallop shell, which would have been used for this function.
Baptizing
Pius X is known for his opposition to this heresy, which he critiqued as the synthesis of every heresy.
Modernism
This Queen of France and the wife of King Louis XVI, she was the mother of four children, though only one of her children, Marie Thérèse, survived the French Revolution.
Marie Antoinette
St. Bartholomew is said to have preached the Gospel in this place in the Caucasus region, where he was martyred for his faith. During World War I, up to 1.5 million people living in their ancestral lands in the Ottoman Empire were systematically exterminated there.
Armenia
St. Monica died shortly after seeing her son be baptized by this man.
St. Ambrose
The Umayyad one of these is said to be the site of the burial of St. John's head. However, there are at least two other locations that also claim to have it.
Mosque