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Saintly Penance Quiz

Which Saint Practiced
Which Mortification?

If you think your Lenten penances are difficult,
taking this quiz will help put them in perspective!

(P.S. Please don’t try extreme penances
without the approval of your spiritual director.)

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This saint was known to practice mortification, including burning herself, tainting her food to be less flavorful, and even sleeping with thorns scattered in her bed.
- St. Agnes of Rome
- St. Margaret of Cortona
- St. Kateri Tekakwitha
- St. Agatha of Sicily

During his travels with the Order of Preachers, this saint always made an effort to remove his shoes and walk barefoot when he left each town.
- St. Francis of Assisi
- St. Dominic
- St. Ignatius of Antioch
- St. Anastasius Cornicularius

This Doctor of the Church was able to live for years eating only the Holy Eucharist.
- St. Catherine of Bologna
- St. Catherine of Sweden
- St. Catherine of Siena
- St. Catherine of Alexandria

This saint wrote about the benefits of interior mortification but also practiced the exterior mortification of self-flagellation.
- St. Silas
- St. Joseph Cottolengo
- Saint Josemaría Escrivá
- St. Kevin of Glendalough

Modesty was so important to this saint, she refused to look in a mirror and always looked down and away from others.
- St. Eugenia
- St. Cecilia
- St. Luthgard
- St. Gemma

After his father paid for him to made bishop, this saint felt so much guilt he took on the penance of giving himself 300,000 lashes with a whip.
- St. Dominic Loricatus
- St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
- St. Patrick of Ireland
- St. Anthony of Padua

This saint took on the emotional penance of pretending to be happy when she wasn’t.
- St. Victoria of Tivoli
- St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
- St. Elizabeth of Portugal
- St. Helena of Constantinople

This saint is well known for living his hermit-styled life from atop a tall pillar in the desert.
- St. Edwin of Northumbria
- St. Basil of Caesarea
- St. Simeon the Stylite
- St. Blaise

Inspired by St. Catherine of Siena, this saint wore a silver crown of thorns on her head to feel closer to Christ.
- St. Bridget of Sweden
- St. Fabiola
- St. Rose of Lima
- St. Theodora of Alexandria

Despite being a very sickly man, this saint drove himself to practice the penances of extreme sleep deprivation and extreme fasting.
- St. Ambrose
- St. Pio of Pietrelcina
- St. Vincent de Paul
- St. Paul of the Cross

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